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BIKEWAYS, TRAILS, PARKS & RECREATION MASTER PLAN |
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ADAPTIVE PROGRAMS
The City does not offer recreation or special interest classes targeted at people with disabilities.
However, the City offers two special events for residents with disabilities— an adaptive recreation
swim offered on a weekly basis during the year and an adaptive dance in the spring and fall.
AQUATIC PROGRAMS
The City offers a range of aquatic programs across age groups and abilities. Youth aquatic programs
include a swim team, diving team, water polo team and group and private swim lessons. In 2009, the
City developed at strategic plan for aquatics that was intended to guide aquatics programming. The
City run Splash Swim Team is an ongoing success with the total number of participants fluctuating
between 150 and 200 swimmers at any given time during the year. The City team focuses on fun,
fitness and asset development over competition. The Aquatics Center is also home to the Morgan Hill
Makos competitive swim club, which has about 100 youth swimmers. Adult aquatic offerings include a
Masters Team and pre-masters stroke development program as well as swim lessons. However, adult
participation in these aquatics programs is lower than that of youth.
Summer recreation swim at the Morgan Hill Aquatics Center attracts both Morgan Hill residents and
from surrounding areas. The facility serves as a small water park with water slides, a water
playground and spray pad in addition to the facilities pools. Attendance during the summer of 2015
was 67,919, with thousands visiting the facility on busy days.
EVENTS
Cultural events at City facilities include art exhibitions at the Community and Cultural Center and CRC
Senior Center and performances at the Community Playhouse. The CRC hosts Family Fun Nights at the
pool once a month. The City hosted Summer Fun in the Park events at Galvan Park during summer
2015. Other events offered by the City span age groups and interests, including the Youth Triathlon-
Splash 2 Dash, Doggie Dip- the dog day at the Aquatics Center before the pool’s annual cleaning,
Polar Bear Plunge- the winter swimming event at the Aquatic Center- and Senior Citizens Ball – an
event hosted by the YAC.