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|subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = 24px Broward |government_type = Commission-Manager |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Jeff Nelson |leader_title1 = Vice Mayor |leader_name1 = Freddy Fisikelli |leader_title2 = Commissioners |leader_name2 = Steve Breitkreuz, Gary Jablonski, and Doug McKay |leader_title3 = Town Administrator |leader_name3 = Andrew “Andy” Berns |leader_title4 = Town Clerk |leader_name4 = Russell Muñiz |established_title = Settled |established_date = |established_title2 = Incorporated |established_date2 = June 6, 2000〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Broward-by-the-Numbers (pages 3-5) )〕 |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_magnitude = |area_total_sq_mi = 12.8 |area_land_sq_mi = 12.8 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.0 |area_water_percent = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2014 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 7761 |population_density_sq_mi = auto |population_metro = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |timezone = EST |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = -4 |coordinates_display = inline,title |latd = 26 |latm = 3 |lats = 31 |latNS = N |longd = 80 |longm = 20 |longs = 14 |longEW = W |elevation_footnotes = 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Southwest Ranches, United States Page )〕 |elevation_m = 2 |elevation_ft = 9 |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 33029, 33330-33332〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Southwest Ranches, Broward County, Florida Zip Code Map Boundary Version 3.0 )〕 |area_code = 754, 954 |website = |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = |footnotes = }} Southwest Ranches is an affluent town in Broward County, Florida. It is located on the eastern edge of the Everglades, 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Fort Lauderdale. It became the county's 30th incorporated place in 2000 to avoid annexation into Pembroke Pines and to preserve its semi-rural lifestyle. Because the area has many horse ranches and is located in the southwestern part of Broward County, residents chose "Southwest Ranches" over many other potential town names. The population at the 2010 census was 7,345. The town includes the 2000 census-designated places of Country Estates, Green Meadow, Rolling Oaks, and Sunshine Ranches (as well as sub-neighborhoods Landmark Ranch Estates and Sterling Ranch Estates), all of which are now Southwest Ranches neighborhoods. To support its rural-equestrian lifestyle, the town has developed miles of multi-use trails. ==History== In 1996, Pembroke Pines proposed a bill to the Broward County Legislative Delegation to annex all the unincorporated areas between Griffin Road, Sheridan Street, Flamingo Road, and SR 25 into Pembroke Pines. Hundreds of citizens from the unincorporated area of Southwest Ranches packed the delegation hearing in November 1996 at Pembroke Pines City Hall to protest this takeover and to call for the right to form their own city. As a result of this grassroots effort, the State Legislature passed a bill in the 1997 session which called for a vote of Southwest Ranches' citizens in March 2000; they could be annexed into either Pembroke Pines or Davie or become a new city.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Our Town )〕 Southwest Ranches Homeowners Association was an umbrella group composed of individual homeowners associations in the Southwest Ranches area. Anyone belonging to an individual homeowners association was also automatically a member of the group, with full voting rights. In 1997, its members agreed to actively promote incorporation of a new city for the area and formed a political committee to explore this option. A feasibility committee was appointed to determine if a new city would be viable. They would have to know if revenues would be adequate to cover the costs of running a city. Dr. Milan Dluhy of Florida International University was contacted and asked to complete a formal feasibility study; Dluhy had produced many such studies for groups which subsequently became successful cities. The committee also contacted Moyer and Associates, the company which provides contract services to Weston.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Our Town )〕 The feasibility committee determined that a contract city would be the best option. Contracting would allow the city access to experienced professionals without having to hire these individuals on a full-time basis. This would save taxpayers money and avoid many costly capital expenses. Moyer and Associates provided the feasibility committee and Dr. Dluhy with financial information on which to base estimates of both income and expenses. The committee also considered the figures provided by the PMG study. PMG is the company which was hired by Broward County to conduct a study comparing the costs of Pembroke Pines and Davie to the costs of being incorporated into a new city.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Our Town )〕 On July 3, 1999, the Southwest Ranches Homeowners Association sponsored a parade and picnic to declare the area's independence. Speakers at the event included then-Senator Howard Forman, Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, County Commissioner Lori Parrish, Sheriff Ken Jenne, and Weston Mayor Harry Rosen.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Our Town )〕 The bill passed in 1997 authorized the vote in 2000 to determine if residents wanted to form their own city. If the vote was for a new city, a charter was to be drawn up and an election forming the city held in 2001. Leaders realized, however, that if a charter could be drawn up sooner, it could be approved in 2000 and the city formed a year earlier, which would be financially beneficial to the residents.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Our Town )〕 A charter committee was formed to draw up a charter. The committee met almost weekly during July and August 1999, and formulated a new charter, using the Weston charter as a template. A contest was held to name the town, with 122 different names submitted. A vote was held on October 12, 1999 to select one of the top five names, which Southwest Ranches won. Southwest Ranches Homeowners Association members voted to move forward and request a local bill to allow incorporation in 2000 instead of 2001, which was approved. On March 14, 2000, residents voted overwhelmingly to form a new town rather than be annexed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Our Town )〕 The most contentious issue during charter committee meetings was whether or not to have districts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Our Town )〕 The majority of members felt that council members should be elected at large, meaning that any qualified candidate could run for a seat, no matter where that individual lived, but some felt that candidates should only be able to run if they lived in one of four districts. When the election to approve the charter was held on June 6, 2000, the issue was put to a vote, and the majority of voters selected districts. Council members were elected on July 25, 2000, and the town was officially established.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Our Town )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Southwest Ranches, Florida」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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