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02-01-05 Item 9SOU f, CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI South Mums r All - America Ny Inter- office Memorandum IN COR PORATED 1927 O R19 2001 TO: Vice Mayor & City Commission DATE: February 1, 2005 FROM: Mary Scott Russ k AGENDA ITEM No. Mayo RE: Ordinance Amending Residential �'' -! `" - ' Burglar Alarm Registration Fees g g ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA RELATING TO ALARM SYSTEMS; REPEAL!A1G SECT-!ON 15 4 r ITS >u'NTMETv AND CREATING A NEW AMENDING SECTION 15 -4 -1 THROUGH 15 -4 -10 ENTITLED BURGLARY AND ROBBERY ALARM; PROVIDING FOR ALARM PERMITTING, PERMITTING FEES AND FINES FOR NON - COMPLIANCE, ISSUANCE OF FALSE ALARM REPORTS AND APPEALS OF FALSE ALARM REPORTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: During the current year's budget discussions, 'City residents requested that we re- evaluate the City's alarm ordinance regarding renewal fees for residential burglar alarms. In response to this we had directed staff to draft an ordinance amending the residential fee structure for burglar alarms. The attached ordinance is in response to that directive, eliminating annual renewal fees for residential burglar alarm registration after payment of the initial (first year's) registration fee. The structure for false alarm fines is also altered therein, charging for the second and every subsequent false alarm within the registration year in order to more accurately reflect the true costs of police response to those alarms. RECOMMENDATION: We recommend Commission approval of the Ordinance 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA RELATING TO ALARM SYSTEMS; REPEALING SECT-!ON 15 4 1N =TS ENTIRETY AND CREATING TIN A NEW AMENDING SECTION 15 -4 -1 THROUGH 15 -4 -10 ENTITLED BURGLARY AND ROBBERY ALARM; PROVIDING FOR ALARM PERMITTING, PERMITTING FEES AND FINES FOR NON- COMPLIANCE, ISSUANCE OF FALSE ALARM REPORTS AND APPEALS OF FALSE ALARM REPORTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 24 -80 -1083 the City of South Miami first passed and adopted an ordinance establishing in Chapter 15, Section 15 -4 -1 through 15 -4 -10, rules and regulations regarding the use of burglary alarm systems within the city, procedures for issuing false alarm reports, permitting, fines, and appeals of false alarm reports; and WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 23 -90 -1463 amended this Section to require the posting of the telephone number of the person who can be contacted at any hour for entry onto the premises of the alarm and /or deactivation of the alarm; and WHEREAS, due to modern technology the city's ordinance is obsolete. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. n=eat to read as follows: Sec. 15 -4 -1. Dermitions. Unless it is apparent from the context that another meaning is intended, the following words when used in this chapter shall have the meanings attributed to them by this section: (a) Alarm business means the business of any individual, partnership, corporation or other entity engaged in selling, leasing, maintaining, servicing, repairing, altering, replacing, monitoring, moving or installing any alarm system or in causing any alarm system to be sold, leased, maintained, serviced, repaired, altered, replaced, moved or installed in or on any building, structure or facility. An alarm business and/or alarm monitoring company shall be a burglar alarm specialty electrical contractor who shall be properly licensed, and which contractor shall have, as a qualifying agent, a State of Florida or Miami -Dade County company qualifier. A State of Florida or Miami -Dade County company qualifier shall mean a person licensed as a Miami -Dade County master or journeyman burglar alarm specialty electrical contractor, Dade County master electrician, State of Florida alarm contractor, or State of Florida electrical contractor. Page 1 of 7 Additions shown by underlining and deletions shown by ever-str-ik4ng I (b) Alarm permit means a permit issued by the city allowing the operation of an alarm 2 system within the city. 3 (c) Alarm system means any assembly of equipment, mechanical or electrical, arranged to 4 signal the occurrence of an illegal entry or other activity requiring urgent attention and to which 5 the police department is expected to respond, but does not include alarms installed in 6 conveyances or fire alarms. 7 (d) Alarm user means the person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or 8 organization of any kind which is in control of any building, structure or facility or portion 9 thereof for which an alarm system is maintained. 10 (e) Automatic telephone dialing alarm system means the automatic dialing device or an 11 automatic telephone dialing alarm system and shall include any system which, upon being 12 activated, automatically transmits by telephone or telephone line to the South Miami police 13 department, a recorded message or code signal indicating a need for emergency response; or a 14 system which, upon activation, connects to an answering service whose function it is to transmit 15 to the South Miami police department a need for emergency response. 16 (f) False alarm means an alarm signal eliciting a response by police when a situation 17 requiring a response by the police does not in fact exist; but this definition does not include an 18 alarm 'signal caused by unusually violent conditions of nature nor does it include other 19 extraordinary circumstances not reasonably subject to control by the alarm user. 20 (g) Location means the building or structure or portion of a building or structure upon which 21 an alarm system is installed or maintained. 22 23 Sec. 15 -4 -2. Alarm permits required; fee; renewal; enforcement provisions. 24 (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate an alarm system without a valid alarm user 25 permit. Violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as 26 provided for in chapter 775, Florida Statutes. 27 28 (b) Applications must be made to the City of South Miami Alarm Unit which will issue 29 permits to alarm users after payment of the $50.00 residential or $100.00 business alarm permit 30 fee. 31 (c) All alarm user permits will expire on September 30th of each year and must be renewed 32 no later than October 1St of the renewal year. Renewal permits will be issued after completion of 33 an application form and the appropriate payment of the annual permit fee (listed in subsection b). 34 After the initial residential alarm registration fee, residential renewal permits will be issued 35 at no cost upon submission of the application form 36 37 (d) Whenever the police respond to a location where no alarm permit has ever been issued or 38 the alarm permit has expired for the alarm system generating a false alarm, a copy of section 15- 39 4 -2 entitled "Alarm permits required; fee; renewal; enforcement provisions," shall be sent to the 40 alarm user along with written notification as follows: Page 2 of 7 Additions shown by underlining and deletions shown by e �°� o �striking 1 (1) On Any non - permitted accounts, will required require payment of the applicable 2 alarm permit fee (renewal fee), plus a $75.00 fine. There could be no police response to 3 subsequent alarms at the location until the fine and the permit fee are paid. 4 5 (2) A response to an alarm system where the permit has expired will require payment 6 of the applicable alarm permit fee (renewal fee) plus a $75.00 fine. There could be no police 7 response to subsequent alarms at the location until the fine and the applicable permit fee are paid. 8 (e) If a business has one or more alarm systems protecting two or more separate locations, a 9 separate permit will be required for each location. 10 (f) To reinstate police service to a location the alarm user must obtain a valid alarm permit 11 pursuant to section 15- 4 -2(b) or (c) and pay all outstanding fines as identified in subsection 15 -4- 12 2(d). 13 (g) Subsections (b) through (f) of this section shall not apply in those situations where alarm 14 use permits have been revoked under section 15 -4 -6. 15 16 Sec. 15 -4 -3. Application for alarm permit; emergency notification and reporting service 17 information. 18 19 (a) Applications. Applications for alarm permits shall be made on forms provided by the 20 police department. The initial application shall be accompanied by a fee of $50.00 for residential 21 and $100.00 for businesses. The application shall state the name, address and telephone number 22 of the location where the alarm is installed. If the applicant's alarm is installed and serviced by an 23 alarm business, then the alarm business must provide the city with their business name, address 24 and telephone number and obtain the alarm user permit for the applicant prior to the installation 25 of the alarm system. Noncompliance with this subsection by the alarm business will cause the 26 alarm business to incur a $150.00 fine and the refusal by the City of South Miami Alarm Unit to 27 issue any other permits to the alarm business unit until all outstanding fines are paid in full. 28 29 (b) Emergency notification. Each application shall list an emergency telephone number of 30 the user or his representative to (1) provide prompt notification of alarm calls at the location and 31 (2) in order to facilitate and permit access to the alarm location by the police in order to inspect 32 the property. Emergency telephone numbers shall be kept current and the City of South Miami 33 Alarm Unit shall be provided immediate written notice of any changes in the contact 34 information. Failure to timely provide updated information may constitute grounds for 35 revocation of the permit. 36 37 (c) Reporting service information. Each holder of an alarm user permit shall immediately 38 notify the police department in writing of any and all changes in the information on file with the 39 city regarding the alarm permit. Failure to do so shall constitute grounds for revocation of the 40 permit. 41 42 Sec. 15 -4 -4. Necessary items for alarm systems to qualify for an alarm user permit. Page 3 of 7 Additions shown by underlining and deletions shown by ever-str-k4ng I (a) All alarm systems shall have a backup power supply that shall activate in the event of a 2 power failure or outage in the ordinary source of electricity from the utility company. 3 (b) All alarm systems will have automatic reset capability, which would silence the 4 annunciator within 30 minutes after activation and which will not sound again as a result of the 5 same event that resulted in the original activation of the alarm. 6 7 Sec. 15 -4 -5. Response to alarm; determination of validity. 8 9 (a) Whenever an alarm is activated in the city, thereby requiring an emergency response to 10 the location by the police department, and the police department does respond and is provided 11 access to the location, a police officer on the scene of the activated alarm system shall inspect the 12 area protected by the system and shall determine whether the emergency response was in fact 13 required as indicated by the alarm system or whether in some way the alarm system 14 malfunctioned and thereby activated a false alarm. 15 (b) If the police officer at the scene of the activated alarm system determines the alarm to be 16 false, said officer shall cause a false alarm report to be generated. A notification shall be mailed 17 or delivered to the alarm user at the location of the alarm system installation and to any other 18 address provided in the permit application contact list, advising the alarm user of the false alarm. 19 20 (c) The City of South Miami Chief of Police, or his alarm unit designee, shall have the right 21 to inspect any alarm system on the premises to which a response has been made and he may 22 cause an inspection of such system to be made at any reasonable time thereafter to determine 23 whether it is being used in conformity with the terms of this article. 24 25 Sec. 15 -4 -6. Appeals. 26 27 (a) The City of South Miami code enforcement board empowered under section 2 -24 of the 28 South Miami Code of Ordinance to hear appeals of civil infractions shall hear appeals from 29 alarm users on the issue of whether the alarm system in question activated a false alarm, as 30 determined by a police officer at the scene of such activated alarm. 31 32 (b) Upon receipt of any false alarm report from the city, the alarm user shall have twenty 33 (20) days, orally or in writing, to request an appellate hearing before the code enforcement board. 34 (c) At the appellate hearing, the alarm user shall have the right to present evidence and 35 testimony. 36 37 (d) The hearing officer shall make written findings available to the alarm user and the Chief 38 of Police within ten (10) days from the date the hearing is concluded. 39 40 (e) In order to successfully appeal the false alarm report, the appellant must approve by a 41 preponderance of the evidence that the false alarm for which s/he received a false alarm report 42 was not in fact a false alarm, as identified under section 15- 4 -1(f). Page 4 of 7 Additions shown by underlining and deletions shown by e �° o �stnk4ng. 1 2 Sec. 15 -4 -7. False alarm service charges; enforcement and revocation provisions. 3 (a) It is hereby found and determined that more than six false alarms within any permit year 4 is excessive and constitutes a public nuisance. 5 (b) The activation of false alarms within a permit year will be handled according to the 6 following escalating service fee schedule: 7 8 (1) The first and seeond false alarms will not be billed a service charge. The third 9 second false alarm will be billed a $50.00 service charge that shall be considered a fine owed by 10 the alarm user to the city. The fe third false alarm will be billed a $100.00 fine. The f fffi 11 fourth false alarm will be billed a $150.00 fine. The sixth fifth false alarm and thereafter will be 12 billed a $200.00 fine. Failure to make payment within twenty (20) days of receipt of the fines 13 may result in a discontinuance of police response to alarms that may occur at the premises 14 described in the alarm user's permit until payment is received and will ultimately result in the 15 recording of a lien against the location owner, as provided for in section 2 -24 of the City's Code 16 of Ordinances. 17 18 (2) After the se-venth sixth false alarm, the police department is not required to 19 respond, and shall result in revocation of the alarm user's permit in the following manner: 20 a. The alarm user shall be given ten (10) days' advance written notification 21 that the alarm user's permit will be revoked, which written notice shall set forth the reasons for 22 such revocation. 23 24 b. The notice shall specify the specific date of revocation and that the police 25 department may discontinue responding to any alarms that occur at the premises described in the 26 revoked permit after the date of revocation. 27 C. False alarms occurring before the effective date of revocation of permit or 28 while an appeal is pending pursuant to section 15 -4 -6, will continue to accumulate fines which 29 will be billed and handled in accordance with the provisions of subsection 15- 4 -7(b). 30 d. An Any alarm permit that has been revoked under subsection 15- 4 -7(a) — 31 (b), shall be required to pay a reinstatement fee, in addition to the permit fee identified in section 32 15 -4 -3. Reinstatement of the permit and police service will be made upon receipt of a letter from 33 an alarm company licensed in accordance with section 15- 4 -1(a) confirming that the alarm 34 system is operating properly, that the permit holder has received alarm system user's retraining 35 on how to properly operate the alarm system, payment of the alarm permit, and the $75.00 36 reinstatement fee. 37 38 (3) Nothing within this chapter shall preclude the police department from responding 39 to panic or ambush alarm signals, calls describing emergencies or crimes in progress, or routine 40 calls for service. However, nothing in this chapter may be construed to create a duty to respond 41 in any circumstances where such a duty does not exist pursuant to the statutory or common law 42 of Florida. 43 Page 5 of 7 Additions shown by underlining and deletions shown by e I Sec. 15 -4 -8. Automatic telephone dialing alarm systems prohibited. 2 (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, natural or corporate, to sell, offer for sale, install, 3 maintain, lease, operate or assist in the operation of an automatic telephone dialing alarm system 4 over any telephone lines exclusively used by the public to directly request emergency service 5 from the South Miami police department. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 Sec. 15 -4 -9. Fees shall constitute liens. (a) The fee for false alarms, late fees, penalty charges, violations and costs for deactivating a nuisance alarm will be declared to be a debt due to the city, and such amount shall constitute a lien against the premises to the same extent and character as a lien for special assessment, and with the same penalties and same rights of collection, foreclosure, sale and forfeiture as obtained for special assessment liens. For services of false alarm response citations (fines) and registration fees by the city for such service, the underlying location of the alarm (property) shall be liable for payment. All fees and fines becoming due and payable shall constitute and shall be imposed as special assessment liens against the real property and, until fully paid and discharged or barred by law, shall remain liens equal rank and dignity with the lien of the city ad valorem taxes and superior in rank and dignity to all other liens, encumbrances, titles and claims in, to or against the real property involved. All delinquent fees and fines shall bear a penalty of one and one -half per cent month from the due date until fully paid. Unpaid and delinquent fees and fines, together with all penalties imposed thereon, shall remain and constitute special assessments against the real property involved. Such special assessment liens may be enforced as provided for enforcement of city ad valorem taxes, or in alternative, foreclosure proceedings may be instituted and prosecuted under the provisions of Chapter 173, Florida Statutes, or the enforcement of payment thereof may be accomplished by any other method authorized by law. Sec. 15 -4 -10. Schedule of Fees and Fines. Reinstatement/ Permit Fees Fee Residential $50.00 $75.00 Commercial $100.00 $75.00 False Alarms No fee for first and seeond Thifd Second — $50.00 F Third — $100.00 Fifth Fourth — $150.00 Sixth Fifth — $200.00 g e-'� Sixth — Discontinue service Fine for Alarm Business $150.00 $150.00 Page 6 of 7 Additions shown by underlining and deletions shown by ever-strik4ng 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Section 2. If any section, clause, sentence, or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are repealed. Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon approval. PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of , 2005. ATTEST: CITY CLERK 1St Reading — 2nd Reading — READ AND APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY ATTORNEY FA MAYOR JAMy Documents \resolutions \ordinance alann amended02.01.05.doc COMMISSION VOTE: Mayor Russell: Vice Mayor Palmer: Commissioner Wiscombe: Commissioner Birts- Cooper: Commissioner Sherar: Page 7 of 7 Additions shown by underlininc and deletions shown by ove fst .nag. MIAMI DAILY BUSINESS REVIEW Published Daily except Saturday, Sunday and Legal Holidays Miami, Miami -Dade County, Florida STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF MIAMI -DADE: Before the undersigned authority personally appeared O.V.'FERBEYRE, who on oath says that he or sheds the SUPERVISOR, Legal Notices of the Miami Daily Business Review f /k/a Miami Review, a daily (except Saturday, Sunday and Legal Holidays) newspaper, published at Miami in Miami -Dade County; Florida; that the attached copy of advertisement, being a Legal Advertisement of Notice in the matter of CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI PUBLIC HEARING FOR 2/1 /2005 in the XXXX Court, was published in said newspaper in the issues of 01/21/2005 Affiant further says that the said Miami Daily Business Review is a newspaper published at Miami in said Miami -Dade County, Florida and that the said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published in said Miami -Dade County, Florida, each day (except Saturday, Sunday and Legal Holidays) and has been entered as second class mail matter at the post office in Miami in said Miami -Dade County, Florida, for a period of one year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that he or she has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or corporation any discount, rebate; commission or refund for the purpose of securin his adve ' ent for publication in the said newspa r. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 21 of ARY D. 2005 (SEAL) Maria 1. Mesa f My Commission DD293855 O.V. FERBEYRE personallyn tone ' pares March 04, 2008 w I I 1 8619 Hetaldcom COURTESY NOTICE W CITY F SOUTH MIAMI, _ FLORIDA On Tuesday, February 1, 2005, beginning at 7,30 p.m., in the City Commission Chambers, 6130 Sunset Drive, the City Commission will hold Public Hearings to consider the following: Second Reading Ordinances: AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING PHASE II PLAN SUPPLEMENT AS UPDATING AND MODIFYING THE SOUTH MIAMI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTING THE PLAN TO THE MIAMI -DADE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS; PROVIDING FOR FURTHER ACTIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN,. AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO ALARM SYSTEMS; -REPEALING SECTION 15-4 IN if' AMENDING SECTION 15 -4 -1 THROUGH 15 -4.10 ENTITLED BURGLARY AND ROBBERY ALARM; PROVIDING FOR ALARM PERMITTING, PERMITTING FEES AND FINES FOR NON- COMPLIANCE, ISSUANCE OF FALSE ALARM REPORTS AND APPEALS OF FALSE ALARM REPORTS. First Reading Ordinance AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, BY AMENDING SECTION 20- 3.7(E)(1)(c) ENTITLED "MIXED USE (PUD -M)" IN ORDER TO CORRECT A TECHNICAL ERROR RELATED TO THE MAXIMUM DISTANCE FROM A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT MIXED USE PROJECT AND THE METRO RAIL STATION, Inquiries concerning this item should be directed to the Planning Department at 305 - 663 -6326. ALL interested parties are invited to attend and will be heard. - Maria M. Menendez City Clerk Pursuant to Florida Statutes 286.0105, the City hereby advises the public that if a person decides to appeal any decision made by this Board, Agency or Commission with respect to any matter considered at Its meeting or hearing, he or she will need a record of the proceedings, and that for such purpose, affected person may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal Is to be based. VILLAGE F PALMETTO BAY VILLAGE IL MEETING NOTICE LAND DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC HEARING, The Village of Palmetto Bay Council shall be meeting on Tuesday, February 15, 2005, at 7;00 p.m. The purpose of this meeting shall be for the Council to conduct a public hearing with regard to the Comprehensive Development Master Plan. The meeting shall be held at Deering Estate Visitor's Center, 16701 SW 72 Avenue, Palmetto Bay, FL 33157. Any meeting may be opened and continued and, under such circumstances, additional Legal notice would not be provided. Any person may contact the Village Hall at (305) 259 -1234 for information. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, persons needing RELIGION - RELIGION, FROM 27 Third Church of Christ, Scientist, St Miami, 11001 SW 87 Ave.,. Bi 305 -271 -2040: Services and vi evening services will-be con- Sunday School are at 10 a.m. St ducted by Rabbi David D.Schon- Sundays. Testimony meetings Vv blum, whose sermon topic will be _ are at 8 p.m. Wednesdays. Read- se "Why Jethro Came," at 8 p.m, ing Room hours are from 11 a.m, ac Friday. Candle lighting is at 5:43 to 1 p.m. Monday through Satur- Si p.m. Shabbat morning services day, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednes- w. will discuss the Torah portion, days and from 2 p.m, to 4 p.m. M. Yitro at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Sundays. S.. Immediately following services, Tc Schonblum will lead a Lunch and Unitarian Universalist Congre- gr Learn entitled "Moses: A Lesson gation of Miami, 7701 SW 76th gr .in Jewish Leadership." Shabbat Ave., 305 - 667 -3697, ac ends at 6:40 p.m. Shabbat eve- 305- 667 -5056 (for children's SK ning services will be 8 p.m. Feb. program):The 11 a.m. Sunday ser- m 4. Candle lighting is at 5:49 p.m. mon is entitled Reflections on im Shabbat morning services will Senegal: Focus on family by the 'vi: discuss the Torah portion, Mish- Rev. -Dr. Lucy Hitchcock Sack. sic patim at 9:30 a.m. Feb, 5. The Another two part series will open blessings for the new Hebrew `windows first into the family w month of Adar l will be chanted; structure and life in Senegal. 0 Shabbat ends at 6:44 p.m. Miami Sociologically and spiritually, CE Heat Basketball game at 7 p.m. there are insights to be gained 78 Feb. 5. A chartered bus will leave for American culture from a Su the temple at 7 p.m. for the tipoff West African culture rooted in 11:1 at the American Airlines Arena in tribal and 'Islamic traditions, sit Downtown Miami. Cost: $40 per Worship services every Sunday ticket and $7.50' for ;each round- at 11. a.m. "Way Cool Sundays," Yc trip bus ticket. Call the Syna- the dynamic, active approach to SV gogue office for reservations and religious education for children De additional information. Kids and youths starts at 11 a.m. Sun - no Club, open to children in kinder- days. Adult teachers and advi- of garten through fifth grade: meet- sors for three age groups and vic ings will .be held Feb. 9, March 9, teens, with nursery care avail- by April 13 and May 11. All events will able. Unitarian Universalism is a Mc be held at the temple, Dues for liberal religion which encourages sel the year are $60, which will men, women-and children to by include all regularly scheduled explore religious, ideas and con- Af] activities and snacks. Daily.Min- temporary issues, honor diver- at yan is at 7 :30 p.m. Monday sity, and act for social justice as tin . through Thursday. Temple part of compassionate commu- yei Samu -El Or Olom,'affiliated with nity. All are welcome. Visit are the United' Synagogue of Con- www.uumia.org. ° du: 'servative Judaism, is a caring, egalitarian and full service Con- Unity Center of Miami, 16320 servative synagogue in South SW 147th Ave., 305- 232 -9503: Za. Dade. For information call Singspiration at 10:45 a.m. Sun- _ soi 305 - 271 -5756. E -mail: tsoomia day at Temple Bet Breira.9400 Ap mi @aol.com. Website` SW 87th Ave. At 11 a.m., Rev. Bul www.tsoomiami.org. Charline Emanuel Rankin's talk du, title will be "When The Morning gui Temple Sinai of North Dade, Comes." 8 p 305- 932 -9010: ` Tu B'shevat to Weekend is Friday and Saturday. University Baptist Church, 624 tea Friday evening is a special Shab- Anastasia Ave., Room 100, Su< bat Under the Trees service at 305 -448 -4428, ext. 621 (for she 7:30 p.m. focusing on nature. The childcare reservations): Mother Ta service will be held outside at the of Preschoolers Ministry (MOPS) (Al temple's holocaust memorial, . meets at 6:30 p.m. the first ma Saturday at noon is the annual Thursday of each month. Free Me Blessing of the Animals. Bring _ child care provided by reserva- nici your pets for a special blessing. tion only. RSVP three days in tua advance. Call for more informa- Tru Temple Zion Israelite Center, tion; ne_s 305 - 271 -2311: Friday. evening gra Yartzeit and Kaddish service is Upper Room Assembly of God, Fri( from 8:15 to 9 p.m. Saturday 19701 SW 127th Ave., eve morning services are from 10 305- 251 - 0576: Sunday Sched- a.m. to noon. Rabbi Seymour ule: Worship Services: from 9 Friedman will preach and teach. a.m. to 11 a.m.; Children's Church i Full Kiddush follows service. Tal- at 11 a.m.; Spanish Service at 7 Star lis and Tefilin Sunday morning p.m. Services at 7:30 p,m. 1 services will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesdays, TGIF Worship Ser- gior Cantor David Katzenstein chants vice at 7:30 p.m, Fridays. Child- Ken at all services. Services on all hol- care provided. 331 idays are from 10 a.m. to noon. - Call.for details. wayside Baptist Church, 7701 e -rn