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April 25, 2005 
VOL.
43, NO. 8Oakland,
CA
Five parishes get new boundaries
By Voice staff
Five neighboring parishes in eastern Alameda County
received new boundaries last month in an effort to better reflect changes
in the population of the fast-growing region.
The parishes affected are the Catholic Community of Pleasanton, St. Michael
and St. Charles in Livermore, St. Raymond in Dublin and St. Joan of Arc
in San Ramon.
The parish boundaries needed to be upgraded because of area growth. “When
the parish boundaries were originally made there were just pastures and
mountain land, and now it is developments and new communities,”
said Father Robert McCann, St. Raymond pastor. “It was important
to give them some parish to identify with.”
The new boundaries are:
Catholic Community of Pleasanton: the boundaries on the north continue
to be the Pleasanton Township boundary and Highway 580, then east to El
Charro Road, south to Stanley Blvd., east to Isabel Ave., then south to
Vallecitos Road, etc. as presently configured. The parish now includes
the Livermore Airport previously in St. Michael Parish. It also gives
the section of Ruby Hills, with the 10-acre vineyards and homes on them
to St. Charles Parish.
The boundary that divides St. Michael Parish and St. Raymond Parish north
of Highway 580 changed from Tasajara Road, east to the point at which
Fallon Road meets Highway 580 and then due north to the Contra Costa County
line. As a result of this change, all of the development of East Dublin
is within the boundaries of St. Raymond Parish.
The boundary that divides St. Raymond Parish and St. Joan of Arc Parish
to the north of St. Raymond Parish continues to be Montevideo Drive east
to the point at which it meets Alcosta Blvd. Then the boundary of St.
Raymond Parish goes north along Alcosta Boulevard, to a point north of
Terra Alta Drive, but before the golf course. The boundary then continues
in a straight line southeast to the meeting point of the south end of
Bollinger Canyon Road and Dougherty Road. The boundary then goes east
from that point to a straight line to Tassajara Road. This change clarifies
the boundaries along roads that did not exist when the original boundaries
were drawn.
The boundaries of St. Charles Parish are: beginning at the Western Pacific
Railroad tracks and Isabel Ave. south along Isabel Ave. to Vallecitos
Road, north on Vallecitos Road until it connects with Holmes Street and
Wetmore Road to the east, then Wetmore Road to Arroyo Road on the east,
north to College Ave., west to South P Street and then north to the Western
Pacific Railroad, then west to Isabel Ave. As a result of this change
the triangle of Vallecitos Road, Isabel Ave. and Vineyward Road was separated
from the territory of the Catholic Community of Pleasanton and became
part of St. Charles Parish. All other boundaries remained unchanged.
