Chemeketa Park

Hello everyone,

We are nearing the completion of Phase 1 of our grant. The grant coordinator, Nestor, will be along this week to create a follow up list of work to circle back too. Our main goals will be to make sure that trees are limbed up 10-15 feet from the road. We understand that we have all had to be flexible with road closures and work crews, but we appreciate the patience.

What about the ivy?The problem with ivy is it grows back quickly. Instead, we are focusing on removing ladder fuels so that a ground fire will not spread to the canopy. This should have a longer staying power then cutting back the ivy.

What about the ivy growing into the trees? Although it will be messy for an awhile, but the ivy growing into the canopy will eventually dry up and fall down. Feel free to pull some down yourself, but we would have lost thousands of dollars of grant money, if we had climbers go up and remove the ivy from all our trees.

What's happening with all the odd tree stumps?We are very much aware that we have a lot of awkward redwood stumps in Chemeketa Park. The problem is that we can't really grind them out. Why? Stump grinders need to start at ground level and grind down. All of our awkward stumps are above the road, so there is not a real place for the stump grinder to go. Believe us, we tried.

But can't we kill these stumps another way? No, herbicides often kill the surrounding trees, so we just have to keep cutting back the saplings until the stump gives up.

But did we really need to kill those redwoods on upper Ogallala?Yes, we only have 3 roads into our community of 150 homes. Firefighters need access to all 3 roads, so that multiple engines can be here at once. As far as fire crews go during a wildfire, the more the merrier.

Besides, it made our Redwood Estates firefighters very happy, and we quote "Great job, the crew are very pleased !!" Check out the pictures below.

What's next?Phase 2 of the grant will begin sometime next year. In phase 2, we will focus on creating shaded fuel breaks in the forests surrounding our community. This will help to create a buffer zone between our community and neighboring overgrown forests.

Thank you everybody for all of your help. Let's continue to work together to make our community safer from wildfire!

Chemeketa Park Residents ONLY
DUMPSTER WEEKEND EVENT 2026
SATURDAY 10/17 and SUNDAY 10/18

Back by popular demand, Chemeketa Park Mutual Water Company will provide three 20 cubic yards debris boxes for the use of its members on the weekend of October 17 and 18!

Bring your general household waste and debris to the Park Playground between the hours of 9AM and 4PM Saturday and Sunday ONLY. Please do not drop off items before or after those hours. Please remember, this is an exclusive community event for residents of Chemeketa Park only.

Community volunteers will be present as attendants to help determine what materials can or canNOT be thrown in the dumpsters. Please treat them with kindness and appreciation for their service.

Items NOT accepted:

PRESSURE TREATED WOOD
FREON DEVICES (refrigerators / air-conditioners)
TIRES (car or truck tires)
WET GARBAGE (kitchen waste)
MEDICAL WASTE
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS (paint, oil, chemicals, etc.)
DIRT OR CONCRETE
TAR AND GRAVEL ROOFING MATERIAL
CARPET (cannot exceed 25% of load)
SHEETROCK (cannot exceed 25% of load)
TREE TRUNKS

If you have any questions or concerns please call: Dave at 650-965-1231

CHEMEKETA PARK MUTUAL WATER COMPANY

Board of Directors Meeting

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

7 p.m. at the Clubhouse

Dear Neighbors,

Join us for our monthly CPMWC Board of Directors meeting.

We look forward to your collaboration!

Agenda linked here

This is a reminder to everyone that we will be experiencing intermittent road closures throughout the community as grant work begins.  Please be patient and go around. Because of the nature of the work, we will be unable to know the specifics.  We do know that work will start at Upper Ogallala and then continue downward.

Thank you everyone for the support. We have a large amount of neighbors participating.
If you’re interested in signing up, please click the link below.

Thank you!

Chemeketa Park Firewise

https://sccfiresafe.org/projects/chemeketa-park-roadside-vegetation-clearance-project/