Council recognizes Mission Viejo’s Michael Block with Hometown Hero Award
The City Council on Tuesday recognized resident Michael Block with the City’s Hometown Hero Award and passed items designed to benefit this community.
Established in 1996, the Hometown Hero Award identifies and recognizes folks whose noble qualities and personal achievements make them heroes worthy of our admiration. Michael Block has certainly garnered the admiration of many throughout the nation when he made history at the May 2023 PGA Championship with a hole-in-one during the final round. Michael, who is a PGA club pro and instructor at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club, became the first PGA club pro to make a hole-in-one at the PGA Championship since George Bowman in 1996. He went on to finish the tournament in a tie for 15th place at 1-over par. Michael has made the cut five times while competing in 25 PGA events dating back 16 years. Along with the City award, Michael received a congressional recognition from Congresswoman Young Kim and an American flag that has flown over the United States Capitol.
In addition to the Hometown Hero Award, Council Members honored the volunteers who are the lifeblood of the Mission Viejo Animal Services Center. These amazing volunteers are essential to the center’s operations, and the City appreciates their vast contributions.
In other news, the Council unanimously passed the Objective Design Standards Phase 1, which will provide a set of clear, objective, and measurable design standards to potential developers of multi-family residential and mixed-use projects to ensure that structures feature high-quality designs that maintain the architectural character of the City.
The Council also passed items regarding feasibility studies to research private and public financing sources for possible construction of a parking structure to serve the Marguerite Recreation Center, Oso Creek Golf Course, Oso Creek Trailhead as well as a performing arts theater.
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