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State Legislature and approval by the Governor). SBCTA applied for REAP 2.0 funds specifically to support housing program implementation efforts of the local governments within SBCTA's jurisdiction, including the City of Redlands. c) In January 2023, SBCTA's application for REAP 2.0 funds was placed on hold by SLAG, due to SCAG not having a firm date on when REAP 2.0 funds would be available from the State. SBCTA advised the City that there was no known timeline when the REAP 2.0 funding would become available. d) SBCTA also prepared a separate grant application to apply directly to HCD asking for the State -allocated REAP 2.0 funding. e) SBCTA had earmarked anticipated REAP 2.0 funds for its local agencies, including the City of Redlands, to accelerate implementation of local Housing Elements (including required rezoning actions and related environmental review, among other housing -related programs). f) In August 2023, SBCTA advised the City's Development Services Department staff that SCAG would not have an agreement or MOU ready for SBCTA's execution until January 2024, as well as SCAG was now requiring SBCTA to re -procure housing consultants to follow SCAG's additional procurement regulations (thereby causing further delay in potential REAP 2.0 funding). g) In 2023, after having been delayed more than six months due to uncertainties about receiving REAP 2.0 funding, the City of Redlands chose to proceed with selecting a consultant and preparing a self -funded Subsequent Environmental Impact Report so that required rezoning actions and environmental review would be completed in a timely manner prior to the State's deadline. h) Provision of REAP 2.0 grant funds to regional and local agencies has been delayed for almost two years (through 2023 and 2024) because of budget cuts and changes by the State, as well as delays by SCAG in executing a REAP 2.0 grant agreement with SBCTA. i) California's FY 2024-25 State budget was approved in June 2024 and restored much of the original REAP 2.0 program funding, however, cut $30 million statewide (or a 6%reduction), and funding remains unavailable to the City of Redlands at the present time. j) Development Services Department staff has sent written correspondence to the Department of Housing & Community Development inquiring about the possibility of an extension to the deadline for RHNA rezoning actions (dependent on the completion of the Draft Subsequent EIR in compliance with and required by the California Environmental Quality Act), and the City has not yet received any response for more than one month. WHEREAS, if REAP 2.0 grant funding had been made available and provided earlier as expected (and relied upon by the City and SBCTA), the City of Redlands would have been able to hire a consultant earlier in 2023 and begin the EIR work earlier, and therefore would have otherwise been able to complete rezoning actions earlier prior to the new statutory deadline of February 12, 2025 (as modified by Senate Bill 197 of 2022); and, WHEREAS, the Development Services Department has diligently caused to be prepared an administrative draft of the Draft Subsequent EIR as of October 2024, expects to circulate the Draft EIR document for public review and comment beginning in January 2025, and expects to hold public hearings on the rezoning actions in the 1 st and 2°d quarters of 2025. All rezoning actions and related environmental review are expected to be completed by mid-2025; and, 3 I:\Resolutions\Res 8600-8699\8655_II.F..._Rezoning _Iymr_extcnsion.doc jm