A four-sided concrete obelisk that incorporates significant emblems of American history and iconic images of Mission Viejo’s natural beauty will decorate the Oso Creek Trail , city leaders have decided.

But, exactly where it will go there, and how the elements — an American Revolutionary War soldier, the American eagle, a nod to the Declaration of Independence and a panel showing Mission Viejo’s landscape — will be engraved into its mosaic-tiled sides, is still to be decided.

The City Council, which recently voted 2-2 to approve the concept, has formed a committee of Mayor Bob Ruesch and Councilmember Brian Godell to decide some minor design tweaks for the obelisk, which is being funded in part by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Some members of the public voiced their concer

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