Fire Safety Chipping Programs 

NEIGHBORHOOD

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

 

DATES

CONTACT PERSON

 

Aldercroft Heights*

 

Drop brush at the turnout on Aldercroft Heights Road.*

 

May 17-May 26

 

Kim Gardner, 353-4255

Aldercroft_Hcwd@Yahoo.com 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chemeketa Park*

 

Drop brush at the Chemeketa Park Playground.*

 

 

May 17-May 26

 

 

Sheila Buxton

353-4819

 

 

 

 

 

Summit Road Area

 

Drop brush by the old baseball field across the street from Loma Prieta School.

 

 

May 17 Only

8 am To 3 pm

 

Alex Leman

Alex@Lomaprietafire.org

 

 

 

 

 

Redwood Estates

 

Drop brush at the Community Center parking lot.

 

May 17-May 18

7:30 am-11:30 am 

12:00 pm-3:30 pm

 

Jeff Bates

353-1866

 

 

 

 

 

Aldercroft Heights
and
Chemeketa Park*

 

Curbside brush pick up at your home.*

 

May 29-May 30 only

 

Requires form  two weeks In advance*

 

Kim Gardner

353-4255

Aldercroft_Hcwd@Yahoo.com

 

Sheila Buxton

353-4819

 

 

Lake Canyon

 

Curbside brush pick up at your home*

 

Date to be determined

 

Requires form two weeks In advance*

 

 

Kim Gardner

353-4255

Aldercroft_Hcwd@Yahoo.com

 

 

Other areas may list their chipping schedules here. Watch for additions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

If you live in Aldercroft Heights, Chemeketa Park, or Lake Canyon, you can arrange for brush pick up at your home.   You must fill out a request form two weeks in advance.  For more information, call or email Kim Gardner or Sheila Buxton. (See table for phone numbers and email addresses. )

Brush must be less than six inches in diameter. No length limit.

Please, no root balls, construction debris, dirt, or other material that may damage the chipper.

If you live in Santa Clara County and would like to help organize a chipping program in your neighborhood, call
 Rick Parfitt,
408-353-4912,
or email
RickP@SCCFireSafe.org.

For help with chipping programs in Santa Cruz County, call
Angela Pettersen at CalFire, 831-335-6794,
or email
angela.petersen@fire.ca.gov.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Burn Season is over in Santa Cruz County

Backyard burning is prohibited.

To confirm,
call 1-800-225-2876

Road Problems
Local Areas of Santa Cruz County

Highland Way is officially closed to through traffic at PM 328. If FEMA funds are available, and if geotechnical studies indicate that reconstruction is practical, work to re-open the road should begin next summer. One lane is also closed at PM 4.32.

Olive Springs Road has only one lane open at PM .35.

Hutchinson Road is subject to traffic delays and lane closures from February 25 through March 28 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. for construction-related storm damage repair, 1/4 mile in from Riva Ridge Road. Anticipate delays up to 1/2 hour.

East Zayante Road (PM 4.65), Eureka Canyon Road (PM 8.54 to 8.68), Glenwood Drive (between PM 4.48 and 4.70, and at 23975), and Redwood Lodge Road (PM 2.03) have only one lane open due to slides and slipouts.

 

See how local schools
performed in API scores

Hint: Three schools did better in 2007;
three did worse.


 

Bus day passes
now cost less.

Adult day pass:  $5.00

Youth (5 - 17 years): $4.00

Senior/Disabled/Medicare: $2.00

Click here for Route 76 bus schedule to Los Gatos.

 

The 76 Bus
is still Alive.

Santa Clara County's Valley Transit Authority now plans to retain the mountain bus route 76 for Los Gatos High School students, but only when school is in session. The summer route will be discontinued.

 For more information, visit http://www.org/coa/coa index.html

Thank you to the people who spoke at meetings, wrote letters, and sent emails in support of the 76 bus route. At least for now, you helped keep us connected.
 

Protecting Your Home from Fire

 

Here’s a checklist on how to improve your landscaping from CalFire at www.fire.ca.gov:

      Create a defensible space of one hundred feet around your home. It is required by law.

      Create a "lean, clean, green zone" by removing all flammable vegetation within thirty feet surrounding your home

      Create a "reduced fuel zone" in the remaining seventy feet or to your property line.

You have two options in this area:

      A. Create horizontal and vertical spacing between plants. The amount of space will depend on how steep your property is and the size of your plants.

      B. Large trees do not have to be removed as long as all of the plants beneath them are removed.

      Remove lower tree branches at least six feet from the ground

      Landscape with fire resistant plants

      Maintain all plants with regular water, and keep dead braches, leaves, and needles removed.

      When clearing vegetation, use care when operating equipment such as lawnmowers. One small spark may start a fire; a string trimmer is much safer.

In your yard

      Stack woodpiles at least thirty feet from all structures and remove vegetation within ten feet of woodpiles

      Locate LPG tanks (butane and propane) at least thirty feet from any structure and maintain ten feet of clearance

      Remove all stacks of construction materials, pine needles, leaves, and other debris from your yard

       

      For other ways to protect your home from fire, visit www.fire.ca.gov

 

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Mountain
Crime Alert!

Mail theft. Arson. Vandalism. Burglaries.

Watch out for lurkers, strangers, and odd comings and goings.

If you see something suspicious don't be afraid to report it.

If you see a possible crime, call 911.

 

 

Fire Tax Fails

Residents of Summit/Loma Prieta, South Skyline, and other unincorporated areas voted against raising property taxes to pay for increased fire protection. The vote was 3,216 against, 2,960 for.

 

 

 

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  CALTRANS ROAD AND TRAFFIC INFORMATION

  • For State Highway conditions in Santa Cruz County, contact Caltrans at (800) 427-7623, (24 hours)
  • For Caltrans Internet access use: http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist05/

 

 

New PRC-4291 regulations require homeowners to clear flammable fuels out to 100 feet or their property line. CDF realizes the additional burden of the 100 foot clearance and is encouraging homeowners to clear flammable vegetation out to 30 feet and reduce fuel loading in the remaining 70 feet. For more information, visit the CDF web site at fire.ca.gov/php/education

 

 

 

You can send contributions to Jon Wilson's sons
 
Jared and Grant Wilson
Account 2857537
Coast Commercial Bank
1975 Soquel Drove
Santa Cruz, California 95060
 
or
 
International Myeloma Foundation
12650 Riverside Drive
North Hollywood, CA 91607

 

For more information, call Pippa, 408-353-4366.


 

     

 

 

Date last edited: 05/06/08
Webmaster:  Neil Wiley (
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