Chemeketa Park

ATTENTION ALL CHEMEKETA PARK RESIDENTS

Let's talk about sand bags for a minute. With the links below, you can familiarize yourself with sandbag distribution sites, filling and placement techniques. This winter will potentially be wetter than usual so please take a moment to review these resources.

https://www.valleywater.org/flooding-safety/flood-ready/sandbags
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpvVAQ57uqM
https://assets.valleywater.org/files/2024-11/2024-11-13_SandbagLocations_11x17_HK_v7%20%283%29.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZcZ9sbydhc&t=23s

"VALLEY WATER OFFERS FREE SANDBAGS FOR RESIDENTS OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY. LOOSE SAND AND EMPTY BAGS FOR SELF-FILLING ARE ALSO AVAILABLE. PLEASE BRING A SHOVEL, JUST IN CASE. BAGS MAY BE HEAVY, CONSIDER BRINGING ASSISTANCE TO LOAD BAGS."

Closer to home, CPMWC has provided a pile of sand at the playground, together with empty sacs, a shovel and a filling tool. The tool will allow you to fill 6 bags at a time. Please leave the tools in place for others to use. When the pile is gone we will order more, so don't hesitate to help yourself. See below:

Chemeketa Park Mutual Water Co. (CPMWC)

With any questions or concerns please contact Dave at:
650-965-1231

But wait, what about the other grant?Turns out, our $100,000 grant is over 3 years. But wait, you didn't know that?... neither did we... Nestor has promised that he will be back before the rains to clean up loose ends.

Ok, so what's the new grant?This new $30,000 grant is for cleaning up the Assiniboine Dump behind Old Dave's place. This project will be loud and complicated and messy. Crews will be here for a week with backhoes and dumpsters pulling out everything from behind the rancho.

How can we help?Please keep the roads clear. Because of its location at the bottom of Assinibione, crews will only be able to use one dumpster at a time. This means that the dumpster will be driving back and forth through our narrow roads. There will be lots of heavy equipment coming in and out, so please help them get by. Also Assinibione Road will have a HARD CLOSURE. No pedestrians, no dog walkers, no delivery drivers. Residents will need to park on the dirt turnout.

Where does all the junk go?Debris will be recycled and disposed of properly. Tires to a tire processing facility, scrap metal to a scrap metal recycler. Anything that cannot be recycled will go to the dump.

Anything else?Yes, critters and dust. This project will be digging up lots debris, dust and critters. We recommend residents keep their windows and door closed. Please learn to distinguish between the old world invasive rats, and our local wood rat and act accordingly. Keep an eye out for Newts as they will be affected as well. Please help them get to safely.

We'd like to thank everyone for your patience and support.

Let's do this!

Board of Directors Meeting

Wednesday, October 21, 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

Asphalt Paving Work on Delaware, Comanche and Navajo
This Friday, October 16

We will be having some road resurfacing done this week.

Please avoid the following areas on Friday October 16:
Comanche Trail in the area of Delaware Trail and Modoc Trail, and Navajo Trail between Kiowa and Ogallala.

We advise you to take Kiowa Trail to Crow Trail to Ogallala if you're trying to leave the park. Edwards Rd is also a good alternative route.

The work is expected to be completed in 1-2 days. Thank you for your patience.

Chemeketa Park Mutual Water Co

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!