Westgate Guardians - City of Pueblo Colorado

Westgate Guardians
CHPA - Lifestyle Development - Pueblo Development
               City Council Update
                  May 3, 2021
                             Presented by :
       Chavez Huerta K12 Preparatory Academy ,Jack W. Bay CBO
             Lifestyle Development, Bruce Martin President
                  Pueblo Development – Vic Finamore

Chavez Huerta Projects
1. Community Block grant request $4.45 Million from new funds being sent to the City
of Pueblo from the Biden American Recovery Plan.
     a) Town hall in-person & Virtual April 21, 2021
     b) City Council Update May 3, 2021

2. Planned Athletic – Physical Wellness Facility including 6 Lane Track, 2,000 seat
capacity, press box, turf multi-use (football, Soccer, Lacrosse, Band) competition field
     a) Submit Daniels/GOCO - July 31, 2021, NFL May 1, 2021

3. Transitional new Ersiila Middle School
     a) Beginning construction May 3, 2021

4. 18th Street extension Perry to Spaulding
     a) Project Beginning June-July, 2021

Westgate Guardians
        Chavez Huerta, Pueblo Development, Lifestyle Development

 ●     Revitalizing a once proud vibrant community with a 75 year history
 ○     Began after the war years in the 1940’s
 11 Dairies, vegetable farms and Chicken farms in the community
 Annex in the City in 1968
 Last Economic Boost 1970's
 NeighborWorks and Total Building Concepts are out of buildable lots.
 1899 Chamblelin Plat provides Pueblo Development and Lifestyle
  Development the opportunity to have buildable lots one street
  infrastructure is completed.

Westgate Guardian Trio
Chavez Huerta, Pueblo Development, Lifestyle Development

   CHPA is:
   ➢ Building new ECMS Middle School with its 2020 Bond
     Refinance program ($25 million)
   ➢ Plans to build new elementary school, remodel High
     School with Best Grant ($35 Million)
   ➢ New Athletic-Physical Wellness Center with grant ($5.5
     Million)
   ➢ Revamp Holy Rosary softball-baseball fields ($200K)
   ➢ Building a new maintenance –transportation center with
     solar farm ($600 K)
   Total $80 Million Investment over next 3-5 years
   Increase Overall Capacity of CHPA to 2500 students

Westgate Community Infrastructure

           Projected 2021

New Transitional Ersilia Cruz
Middle School Opening Fall 2022

Proposed Athletic-Physical
                            Wellness Center

                                 Projected Fall 2023

Softball Baseball
Complex
       Under Construction

   Projected Fall 2021

Westgate Guardian Trio
 Chavez Huerta, Pueblo Development, Lifestyle Development

➢ Pueblo Development (100 homes per year) & Lifestyle
  Development (Multi family & court year)currently are
  planning to build
   •   Models starting as early as July 2021
   •   Total Single Family Homes: 240
   •   Rent to Own Single Family Homes 80
   •   Paired Homes-Luxury Apartments 200

➢ Potential 600 to 800 new students to Community & CHPA
➢ 52% Multifamily - 48% single family (meets CDBG priority 1)

➢ $109 Million Investment by Developers
Total Westside Community Capital Investment $270 million

City of Pueblo Return on Investment

 Annual City of Pueblo Return Immediate        ➢ Annual After Buildout Revenues
  Revenues:                                     ➢ a. Sales Tax -$1,000 per household
a. Permit Fees-Regional $1,100 ea                   • $500,000
    $.75M                                       ➢ b. Property Tax (.72% per $1,000) annually
b. Gas-Water-Tap & Sewer Fees: $8,300 ea            • $540,000
    $2.5M                                       ➢ Annual $$$ After Buildout
c. Development Fees - $1550 ea
                                                    • $1.04 Million
    $1.1 Million
                                                1st Year Return $1.45M
Total Return after full build out $4.35Milion
    Annual return $ 1.45 Million                2nd Year Return $2.49M
                                                Investment recovery period (years)
                                                          3 years on $3.75 million Investment

The Intangible Community Returns
             on CDBG Investment

•   Improve safety & security by creating efficient   •   Provide low to moderate affordable
    flow for 1st Responders throughout Westgate           communities for homes, rent to own
                                                          homes, paired homes and
•   Reinvigorate a forgotten community with new
                                                          apartments or Townhomes
    neighborhood schools for K12 Kiddos
                                                      •   Creating two pocket parks to
•   Potential for much needed new commercial
                                                          be maintained by CHPA
    development
                                                  •       Opportunity for public transportation
•   Ability to attract businesses due to nice
                                                          deprived community
    neighborhood with greats schools & affordable
    housing                                       •       Building home ownership equity &
                                                          creating long lasting wealth for
•   Provide family residences for adjacent
                                                          homeowners
    commercial outlets planned to built by Pueblo
    County with extension of 24th from Pueblo Blvd
    to Joe Martinez and New Jail with a business
    center zoning development

Westgate Guardian Trio
  Chavez Huerta, Pueblo Development, Lifestyle Development

Actions Taken/Needed:
1. CHPA presented to City Council on March 29, 2021 a proposed COVID CDBG with the City
of Pueblo from new Biden $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan funds being sent to Cities &
Counties in the next 30-45 days
     a. The City of Pueblo Plans is projected to receive $46 Million in COVID relief funds

2. Estimated Budget for City of Pueblo Planning Dept.
    a. Requested April 14, 2021

3. Town Hall Meeting
    a. Meeting tonight April 21, 2021

4. Revisit Pueblo City Council to present/submit COVID Grant Funds Request
    a. May 3, 2021

5. Best Grant Award – Anticipated May 2021

6. 2020 Bond Refinance $25 Million - Completed

Westgate Guardian & CHPA
                           Questions to the Community

               CHPA                           Westgate Developers
1. Would the community allow lights      1. Is the Community in support of
   on the football field until 10 pm?       building neighborhood streets and
2. Would the community allow lights         side walks to the Westgate area?
   on the softball field until 10 pm?    2. Would the community utilize a rent
3. Would the community use the              to own program to purchase a new
   wellness-exercise-walk/jog track         home?
4. Would the community be                3. Would the community be opposed
   opposed City Parks & Recreation          to luxury apartments consisting of 1-
   to hold games on the CHPA                3 bedrooms & 1-2 car garages near
   athletic facilities?                     Pueblo Blvd on 17th & 19th.
5. Would be opposed a state of the       4. Would the community be opposed
   playground for the neighborhood          to 400+ new homes in Westgate?
   to use during ball games?

The End
CHPA & The Westgate Guardians thank you for this opportunity to share
what is going in the Westside Community. We respectfully request your
support in allocating funds from the City’s $37 million Biden American
Recovery Funds soon the be received for this proposed CDBG
neighborhood street/sidewalk project and expedite the CDBG 18th
extension to fully revamped-restore the Hyde Park Community.
                             Respectfully,
    Westgate Guardians - CHPA, Pueblo & Lifestyle Development
                      Questions or Comments
                Please email: Jwbay@chpa-k12.org