Current Council Term: December 2008 to
December 2012
Phone: 916-851-8700
Address: 2729 Prospect Park Drive
Rancho Cordova CA 95670
E-mail: rmcgarvey@cityofranchocordova.org
Vice Mayor McGarvey was elected to the first City Council in 2002 and re-elected in 2004 and 2008. He served as Mayor in 2006 and as Vice Mayor in 2005.
Represents the City:
- National League of Cities First Tier Sub-Committee
- League of California Cities: Transportation, Communications, Public Works
- Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television Commission
- Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District
- Sacramento County & Cities Board on Homelessness
- Rancho Cordova Sister Cities Council
- Sacramento/Yolo Mosquite Vector Control District Board
- Mather Community Campus - Citizens' Advisory Council
- Folsom Lake College Foundation Board
- Mather Restoration Advisory Board
- American River Parkway Commitee meetings
- Folsom Cordova Unified School District 2x2*
- Elk Grove Unified School District 2x2*
- Sacramento City Unified School District 2x2*
- Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District 2x2*
- Veterans Day and Memorial Day Commitees
Bob, who has lived in Rancho Cordova since 1967, has been an steadfast leader in many community, church, and school organizations and activities. He was named Rancho Cordova Man of the Year by the Grapevine Independent Newspaper in 1987. He has been an active member of the Mather Restoration Advisory Board since 1994 and the Cordova Community Council since 1975. During his tenure as Mayor, he formed a Sister City Citizens Committee that resulted in Turrialba, Costa Rica becoming a sister city with Rancho Cordova. He started the Rancho Cordova Veterans Day and Memorial Day celebrations at at the Veteran Memorial Plaza VA Hospital.
He retired from PacBell after 33 years working in the central offices and network operation center. He is a substitute teacher in the Folsom/Cordova School District. He served in the Air Force from 1961 to 1965 - the last 2 1/2 years at Mather AFB. He received a B.A. in Government from California State University, Sacramento and an A.A. degree from Sacramento City College. His hobbies include fishing, hunting, camping, reading, and playing the piano. He and his wife, Terri, have four children and four grandchildren.
*2x2: One or two Council members are appointed by the Mayor (therefore, not constituting a quorum) to meet with one or two board members from a partner agency for the purpose of building relationships and holding general discussions regarding projects of mutual interest.