Welcome Hospiten!

Welcome Hospiten!

by | Sep 11, 2018 | Events, News | Noticias

On Tuesday, September 4th at Fusion Gourmet, ANA officially welcomed Hospiten as its largest corporate sponsor.  While we enjoyed a delicious breakfast, representatives from PV’s newest hospital spoke to ANA members about their new health program called MyHealth.

The four benefits of taking part of this new program include:

  • A triage service designed to give you 24 hour assistance as needed.
  • Emergency medical transport to Hospiten, if needed.
  • A full assessment that includes: blood pressure, blood work, urinalysis, electrocardiogram, and chest X-ray.  In-depth consultations with a nutritionist and a doctor to review your lab results.
  • Monthly consultations with Hospiten staff doctors.

What does this service cost?  Absolutely nothing until January 2019.  Then the services will be $30/month per individual.  Additionally, you can purchase the service on a monthly basis so if you’re a part-time resident you only pay for the months you’re in PV.  Great deal!

Interested in learning more about the MyHealth program?  Call 322-226-2081 and identify yourself as an ANA member.  They’ll answer your questions or set you up for an appointment.

ANA 2nd Annual Business Brochure

by | Sep 11, 2018 | Events, News | Noticias

Last year ANA introduced its first Business Brochure.  It was beautifully put together and featured the logos and advertisements of the many businesses that support ANA and offer its members various discounts.  The professional compilation provided ANA’s business sponsors with concrete evidence of a benefit from which they could benefit – professional advertising for a low cost.  During Hot Season ANA office staff and Sylvia Toy have been producing the second annual ANA Business Brochure.  It has been a huge success and great fundraiser.  It will be ready for distribution in October.  Look for it soon!

Need home repairs?  Frank Horvath, ANA member, is available year-round for all types of repairs and fix-it services.  Contact him at Frank’s Fix It Company 322-118-3197.  (See the Back to School Special article and find out why he’s such a special guy.)

ANA Extraordinary Meeting – Background

by | Sep 11, 2018 | Events, Minutes | Minutas, News | Noticias

Loss is a terrible thing.  It can also be an opportunity to look at things differently. Such is the case with the sudden death of ANA President Tom Swale.   There are no rules in ANA’s current by-laws to specify succession.  As a result, ANA is currently operating without a legal representative.  Even though Sylvia Toy, current ANA Board member, was selected by her fellow Board members to be the interim president, she cannot act as ANA’s legal representative.  Additionally, several Board members have been replaced and they need to be approved.

The solution presents itself in an Extraordinary Meeting.  It has been scheduled for October 20th.

We recognize that many of our members are not currently in Puerto Vallarta; therefore, the use of a proxy will need to be used.  We will email the official notice and proxy to each member.  Members should sign the proxy, scan it, and then email back to ANA.  Upon your return to Puerto Vallarta, please plan on providing the original proxy for ANA’s records.

So, ANA will send you the email on October 1st..  We’ll give you 10 days to get it back to us.  For those of you in town, we’ll be holding the Extraordinary Meeting on  October 20th..  More details to follow.

Proxy individual
Proxy FBM
Extraordinary call
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Safety & Security

by | Aug 1, 2018 | News | Noticias, Uncategorized

It is “low season” in Vallarta and like every year we have been experiencing theft within our beloved Amapas and in the whole city, in general.  As properties sit empty, and sometimes while owners are in town or even asleep at night, thieves get away with stealing mostly what they can store in a backpack.  Expensive items such as wallets, phones, Ipads, cameras, jewelery, etc., are the favorite items for these thieves to steal.  Here are a few tips on how to protect yourselves and your property while you are away.  Please follow these steps or have your property manager or building administrator do them for you.
  1. Keep vigilant of strange individuals walking throughout our neighborhood; especially after working hours and at night.
  2. Lock all doors and windows when possible during the day and every night. (We know the thieves can escalate up to three stories with no problem.).
  3. When possible, install a security alarm and/or CCTV cameras within your property.  Contact us for more information as to best service providers
  4. Turn at least one light on within your property and outside front back lights at night.
  5. Make sure your property/complex has all street lights in working order and turn on at night.
  6. Report all suspicious activity by calling 911 (They should have an English speaking operator.) or use our WhatsApp emergency group.  In order to be part of the WhatsApp group you must be an ANA member and need to be able to read/write Spanish.  Have your building manager or property administrator join the group.  Contact Viviana Testón or Gene Mendoza to be included in the group.
  7. In case of a robbery call police immediately by dialing 911.  Please be observant and describe the assailant(s) properly, clothes, time of occurrence, getaway cars, etc.
  8. Follow up with a DA’s office report.  This might take time but it is important that all crimes are reported and followed up with the DA’s office if we want thieves off of the streets.
  9. Call Gene Mendoza (Board member) at 322-131-5738 when you need immediate help or Diego Villalobos (ANA Office) at 322-165-8503.  They can help you with police reports, follow up with DA’s office, or they can provide immediate assistance with translations, etc.
  10. Keep safe.

Enjoy the summer everyone!

‘MEMBERS ONLY’ Q&A: ‘Vallarta Development 101’

by | May 11, 2018 | AIM Higher, Development, Events, Featured, News | Noticias, Uncategorized

Over 40 ANA members filled the auditorium at Incanto for an informative presentation followed by a lively question and answer session on April 11.
Real estate broker and AMPI PresidentHarriet Murray, City Hall veteran Ing. Oscar Hernandez (ably assisted by ANA Administrator Viviana Testón), university professor of Urban Planning Alfonso Banos, and local hotelier and developerOscar Moran presented a short course on the history of urban planning (or the lack thereof) in Vallarta, Jalisco and Mexico – essentially, how we got where we are today – the ins and outs (COS and CUS) of permitted construction, and current economic and social pressures affecting Vallarta’s recent growth spurt.
Hot topics were the recent ‘Manhattanization’ of the Romantic Zone, the protections offered Amapas by our Plan Parcial, or not, depending on the willingness of City Hall to respect the rules, and whether Vallarta’s infrastructure is keeping up with the new water and sewer demands resulting from the construction boom.

Some differences between areas with a Plan Parcial, like Amapas, and areas without, like Emiliano Zapata and most of the Romantic Zone, were discussed.  Among them: under the Amapas Plan Parcial, developers cannot ask for an exception to the rules just because some other building exceeded them; also, under the recently passed Article 35, the Planning Department has more discretion in applying zoning rules in areas without a Plan Parcial.

Panelists and ANA members alike expressed frustration at the lack of a coherent Urban or Growth Plan for Vallarta, the lack of transparency in the permitting process, and the sense that unplanned or poorly regulated development is eating away at Vallarta’s authentic charms and threatening to replace its vibrant core with highrise ‘dormitories’ that add to the local tax-base, but subtract from our town’s livability and long term sustainability.

Inspired by questions raised at our Annual General Meeting, this is the second in a series of special ANA ‘Members Only’ informational presentations, which are generously hosted by popular local entertainment venue Incanto.

Now that we better understand the basic rules, ANA plans to have a follow-up Q&A in the fall, and will invite representatives of the Planning Department and SEAPAL to attend.  Stay tuned.

SIGN THE PETITION: Save the Pilitas Stairs!

by | May 3, 2018 | Development, Featured, News | Noticias, Street, Uncategorized

A proposed new seven-story condo tower at the end of Calle Pilitas, where it intersects with Pino Suarez (on paper, anyway) threatens the location of the stairway that historically connected Amapas residents near the highway with neighbors on Pilitas and provided pedestrian access to the beach.

 

The stairs were destroyed during the construction of 212 Pilitas several years ago and, despite the developer’s promises to neighbors, never rebuilt.

Now, ANA is working with neighbors, including the San Franciscan, Escondido and Canada Romantica condominiums, to get City permission to rebuild the Pilitas Stairs.  We need neighborhood residents’ signatures as proof that we care about the stairs and support their reconstruction.

Stop by the ANA office at 111/3 Rodolfo Gomez, in the Hotel San Marino – across from Barra Light and The Coffee Cup – and sign the petition!  
Call 322-223-8312 for more information.  Do it today!

Neighbors, residents tourists of Puerto Vallarta : Save our Calle Pilitas Stairway! Salvemos nuestro andador

Sign the petition!