Editing Cutler Bay, Florida (section)

==History==
The town was named after Dr. William Cutler of [[Massachusetts]], who visited the area north of the community, around 1880, and encouraged others to settle in what became the pioneer community of [[Cutler, Florida|Cutler]].<ref name=DocSet>{{Cite web|url=http://cutlerbay-fl.gov/your-community/town-history|title=Cutler Bay History|access-date=December 3, 2019|archive-date=December 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218131836/http://cutlerbay-fl.gov/your-community/town-history|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Charles Deering Estate]], located in nearby [[Palmetto Bay, Florida|Palmetto Bay]], contains the [[Cutler Fossil Site]] where [[mammoth]]s, [[saber-toothed tiger]]s and [[California condor]]s are among the many fossil records. The park holds archeological evidence of Native American habitation of the land 10,000 years ago.<ref name="Hammer2005">{{cite book|last=Hammer|first=Roger L.|title=A Falconguide to Everglades National Park and the Surrounding Area: A Guide to Exploring the Great Outdoors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjWijmYqj5oC&pg=PA154|access-date=January 27, 2014|date=May 15, 2005|publisher=Globe Pequot Press|isbn=9780762734320|pages=154–}}</ref> [[Tequesta]] burial mounds are also found there.<ref name="Hammer2005"/> The area called '''Cutler Ridge''' had been called the "Hunting Ground" by some of the earliest Caucasian settlers in the area, circa 1825.<ref name="Blank1996">{{cite book|last=Blank|first=Joan|title=Key Biscayne: A History of Miami's Tropical Island and the Cape Florida Lighthouse|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c9BdZC5EjNIC&pg=PA72|access-date=January 27, 2014|year=1996|publisher=Pineapple Press Inc|isbn=9781561640966|pages=72–}}</ref>

In the early 1900s, the [[Florida East Coast Railway]] was extended south to Cutler, which was located near what is now the [[Charles Deering Estate]]. Cutler then served as the place where people settling in the undeveloped [[Homestead, Florida|Homestead]] area went to get their supplies.<ref name="BramsonJensen2013"/>
[[File:Destruction following hurricane andrew.jpg|thumb|left|alt=A close-up view of houses with evident wind damage|Damage from [[Hurricane Andrew]] in 1992, in the area now called Cutler Bay]]
In 1992, [[Hurricane Andrew]] made [[Landfall (meteorology)|landfall]] near Cutler Ridge.<ref name="Green2005">{{cite book|last=Green|first=Jen|title=Hurricane Andrew|url=https://archive.org/details/hurricaneandrew0000gree|url-access=registration|access-date=January 26, 2014|date=January 1, 2005|publisher=Gareth Stevens Pub.|isbn=9780836844979|pages=[https://archive.org/details/hurricaneandrew0000gree/page/4 4]–}}</ref> The storm left the area in "almost total destruction".<ref name="Jr.1995">{{cite book|last=Provenzo|first=Eugene F. Jr.|title=Hurricane Andrew, the Public Schools, and the Rebuilding of Community|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mvdstwE-KQ4C&pg=PA86|access-date=January 26, 2014|date=July 1, 1995|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=9780791424827|pages=86–}}</ref> The dense vegetation near the shore and the dense subdivision development of the area are thought to have been factors which mitigated the extent of areas impacted by flood damage caused by Andrew.<ref name="Agency">{{cite book|last=Agency|first=Federal Emergency Management|title=Hurricane Andrew in Florida Building Performance Observations, Recommendations, and Technical Guidance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NFyaOcmUIX4C&pg=PA38|access-date=June 14, 2015|publisher=FEMA|pages=38–}}</ref> However, nearly every building suffered major damage from the wind, and the damage in Florida was estimated at $25 billion, the most expensive natural disaster in US history at the time.<ref name="Roberson2014">{{cite book|last=Roberson|first=William G.|title=Block by Block: The Challenges of Urban Operations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PHymBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA408|access-date=June 14, 2015|date=September 29, 2014|publisher=Maroon Ebooks|pages=408–}}</ref>

In May 2002, the Cutler Bay Steering Committee company met to discuss the formation of a municipal advisory committee, where the committee would advise on the incorporation of the Cutler Ridge area into the city of Cutler Ridge.<ref name= "Ridge">{{Citation |date=May 5, 2002 |title=Ridge Group To Discuss Forming Mac |work= [[Miami Herald]] |page= 4|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_multi=MH&p_product=MH&p_theme=realcities2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_site=miami&s_trackval=MH&s_search_type=customized&s_dispstring=Lead(Cutler%20Bay%20Steering%20Committee)%20AND%20date(05/05/2002%20to%2005/05/2002)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=05/05/2002%20to%2005/05/2002)&p_field_advanced-0=Lead&p_text_advanced-0=(Cutler%20Bay%20Steering%20Committee)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=_rank_:D&xcal_ranksort=4&xcal_useweights=yes |access-date=January 25, 2014}}</ref> The decision to incorporate was spurred in part by the efforts to recover from Hurricane Andrew.<ref name="Kemp2013">{{cite book|last=Kemp|first=Roger L.|title=Town and Gown Relations: A Handbook of Best Practices|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ok6PZuAIoPIC&pg=PA67|access-date=June 14, 2015|date=February 21, 2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476601700|pages=67–}}</ref> The proposed incorporation boundaries included Southwest 184th Street on the north and Southwest 216th and 224th streets on the south.<ref name= "Ridge"/> In addition, the west boundary would include Florida's Turnpike, U.S. 1, Southwest 112th Avenue, and [[Biscayne Bay]] would serve as the east boundary.<ref name= "Ridge"/>

In April 2005, the Charter committee members looked at over a dozen names for the city, ranging from "Pine Ridge" and "Cutler Bay" to just "Cutler".<ref name="Around">{{Citation |date=April 13, 2005 |title=Around Miami-Dade County |work= [[Miami Herald]] |page=3B |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_multi=MH&p_product=MH&p_theme=realcities2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_site=miami&s_trackval=MH&s_search_type=customized&s_dispstring=Title(Around%20Miami-Dade)%20AND%20date(04/13/2005%20to%2004/13/2005)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=04/13/2005%20to%2004/13/2005)&p_field_advanced-0=title&p_text_advanced-0=(Around%20Miami-Dade)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=_rank_:D&xcal_ranksort=4&xcal_useweights=yes |access-date=January 25, 2014}}</ref> They reduced the choices to "Cutler Ridge" and "Old Cutler Bay".<ref name="Around"/> On November 9, 2005, voters approved the charter and chose the name "Cutler Bay" for the county's 35th municipality, over "Cutler Ridge" by a vote of 1,920 to 1,403.<ref name=CBInc>{{Citation |date=November 9, 2005 |title=Cutler Ridge morphed into Cutler Bay on Tuesday |work= [[Miami Herald]] |page=B3 |url= http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_multi=MH&p_product=MH&p_theme=realcities2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_site=miami&s_trackval=MH&s_search_type=customized&s_dispstring=(morphed)%20AND%20date(11/09/2005%20to%2011/09/2005)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=11/09/2005%20to%2011/09/2005)&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(morphed)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=_rank_:D&xcal_ranksort=4&xcal_useweights=yes|access-date=January 25, 2014}}</ref> In the months following the name change, many of those born and raised in the area that had been known as Cutler Ridge since the 1870s, refused to accept the new name.<ref name=CBSet>{{Citation |author=Yudy Pineiro |date=November 10, 2005 |title=Cutler Bay: 'Ridge Rats' Scoff At Name Change |work= [[Miami Herald]] |page=B3 |url= http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_multi=MH&p_product=MH&p_theme=realcities2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_site=miami&s_trackval=MH&s_search_type=customized&s_dispstring=(Ridge%20Rat)%20AND%20date(11/10/2005%20to%2011/10/2005)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=11/10/2005%20to%2011/10/2005)&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(Ridge%20Rat)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=_rank_:D&xcal_ranksort=4&xcal_useweights=yes|access-date=January 25, 2014}}</ref>