Mayor's Proclamation

WHEREAS ON JULY 15, 1915, VICTOR F. BOGARD, SR. WAS BORN IN SHELDON, IOWA, AND WAS RAISED ON A FARM; and

WHEREAS IN THE 1930S, VICTOR F. BOGARD, SR. SERVED FOUR YEARS IN THE NAVY AND AGAIN SERVED DURING WORLD WAR II; and

WHEREAS IN 1947, VICTOR F. BOGARD CAME TO SANTA CRUZ, WHEN THE POPULATION WAS ONLY 14,000, AND FOUNDED BOGARD CONSTRUCTION, RETIRING AS ITS PRESIDENT IN THE MID-1970S; and

WHEREAS BOGARD CONSTRUCTION BUILT HUNDREDS OF HOMES IN CARBONERA AND THE UPPER WESTSIDE, AND IN MANY OTHER AREAS OF SANTA CRUZ; and

WHEREAS BOGARD CONSTRUCTION WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BUILDING THE McPHERSON CENTER FOR ART AND HISTORY IN DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ, TWIN LAKES CHURCH, HIGH STREET COMMUNITY CHURCH, LONG MARINE LAB, AND OTHER PROJECTS AT CABRILLO COLLEGE AND THE UNIVERSTIY OF CALIFORNIA AT SANTA CRUZ; and

WHEREAS BOGARD CONSTRUCTION IS NOW RUN BY HIS THREE SONS, VICTOR F. BOGARD, JR. BRAD BOGARD AND JIM BOGARD; and

WHEREAS IN THE EARLY 1950S, VICTOR F. BOGARD, SR. DONATED THE LAND FOR WESTLAKE PARK AND ITS CENTERPIECE POND TO THE CITY; and

WHEREAS VICTOR F. BOGARD, SR. NOT ONLY ESTABLISHED A SUCCESSFUL COMPANY BUT FOSTERED A STRONG FAMILY, STRONG TIES WITH HIS CHURCH AND THE GOODWILL OF MANY; and

WHEREAS VICTOR F. BOGARD WAS A FRIEND OF THE SANTA CRUZ LABOR COMMUNITY, AND HE WAS KEENLY AWARE OF CREATING A COMMUNITY IN WHICH WORKERS NOT ONLY HELD JOBS BUT COULD AFFORD TO LIVE HERE AS WELL; and

WHEREAS THE SANTA CRUZ COMMUNITY HAS BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE HAD VICTOR F. BOGARD, SR. WITH US FOR SO MANY YEARS, AND WE ARE PROUD AND LUCKY TO COUNT HIM AS ONE OF OUR OWN:

THEREFORE, I, CHRISTOPHER KROHN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST 2 AS "VICTOR F. BOGARD, SR. DAY" IN THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN ME IN SAYING GOODBYE TO A SANTA CRUZ ICON AND EXPRESSING HEARTFELT APPRECIATION FOR HIS NUMEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITIZENS AND CITY OF SANTA CRUZ.

Christopher Krohn, Mayor

Signed and Sealed this 1st Day of August 2002