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INTERACTIVE MAP QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS
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| CITY OF MORGAN HILL
FINDINGS
Respondents Live and Work
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The respondents were asked to indicate where they live and work/go to school. Responses
show that participants were fairly evenly distributed throughout the City.
Most Regularly and Frequently Used and Favorite Parks
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There is significant overlap in responses to the questions of what are your regularly used
parks, what is your most frequently used park and what is your favorite park, with Community
Park, Paradise Park, Anderson Lake, Coyote Lake-Harvey Bear Ranch, Diana Park, Nordstrom
Park and Coyote Creek Parkway-South being selected the most frequently. This overlap in the
parks selected for regularly visited, frequently visited, and favorite parks suggests these parks
offer valued programs and experiences.
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The most popular parks (listed above) did not all rank high as the parks closest to
respondents’ home or school, although there is some overlap. The top five parks closest to
respondents’ homes are Galvan Park, Jackson Park, Anderson Lake, Community Park, and
Conte Gardens Park.
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The disparity between the top five favorite and most frequently visited parks and the top five
parks closest to home indicates the most respondents are best served by parks outside of
their neighborhoods. This trend is likely influenced by the high quality and wide variety of
amenities offered at Community Park. Also, Diana and Paradise Parks, which are
Neighborhood Parks, are drawing users from throughout the city. This is especially true of
Diana Park, which is attracting residents from the east and west parts of the City as, well as
residents in the north.
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Galvan Park is the closest park to home for the largest number of respondents, yet it is not
among the top five favorite, most frequently visited or favorite parks.
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Responses to most frequently used parks are slightly more dispersed than responses to
favorite parks. More people indicated that their most frequently used park is a County park.
This is likely because the people are going to their most frequently visited parks to exercise
and the County parks offer extensive trail systems.
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The diversity of County parks represented in the responses highlights the prominent role of
County facilities in Morgan Hill’s trails, parks and recreation system.
Mode of Transportation
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Respondents were asked to indicate how they get to each of the parks they marked on the
map as regularly visited, most frequently visited and favorite parks. More participants