Significant Ecological Areas Technical Advisory Committee

AGENDA

Meeting Place: In-Person: 320 W. Temple Street, Room 150, Los Angeles, In-Person: 320 W.

Temple Street, Room 150, Los Angles CA. 90012

Meeting Date:

February 02, 2026 - Monday

Time: 1:00 PM

PROVIDING WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT

To provide written public comment for the record, send an email to comment@planning.lacounty.gov

and provide the SEATAC meeting date, the agenda item number, your first name, last name, email

address, phone number, and identify yourself as the applicant or not the applicant. Written public

comments submitted prior to 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, the week before the meeting, will be provided

to the SEATAC. Written public comments submitted after 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, the week before

the meeting, will not be provided to the SEATAC but will be added to the public record.

PART I - PRELIMINARY BUSINESS

ROLL CALL

PART II - MINUTES FOR APPROVAL

DRAFT SEATAC Meeting Minutes from July 7, 2025.

26-004

PART III - OLD BUSINESS

Project Name: Catalina Airport Solar Project

Project No.: PRJ2022-004233

25-129

Permit Nos.: CUP RPPL2022013117, CDP RPPL2022013100

APN: 7480-041-042

Location: Catalina Airport in the Sky

SEA: Buffalo Springs SEA

USGS Quad: Santa Catalina North

Project Applicant: Emily Mallonee

Project Biologists: Gretchen Cummings, Cummings Environmental, Inc.

Staff Planner: Tyler Montgomery

Staff Biologist: Karla Moreno

The application is

request to authorize an approximately

10,400-square-foot ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) system

installation, enclosed by perimeter chain-link fencing. The project requires

a coastal development permit ("CDP") as well as a significant ecological

area conditional use permit ("SEA-CUP"), as development is proposed on

the same lot as the Buffalo Springs Significant Ecological Area ("SEA").

The proposed solar PV system will be located on a south-facing slope

between Airport in the Sky and Airport Road. The site is surrounded by

existing development, including airport facilities to the north, a utility road

to the west, and Airport Road to the south and east. The project site is

approximately 790 feet south of the Buffalo Springs SEA, which is located

north of Airport in the Sky.

PART IV - NEW BUSINESS

None

PART V - PUBLIC COMMENT

Public comment pursuant to Section 54954.3 of the Government Code.

PART VI - ADJOURNMENT

ADJOURNMENT TO 1:00 PM, MARCH 2, 2026.

TIME LIMITS: The Director of Regional Planning has established time limits with respect to receipt of

testimony regarding matters on this Agenda. Applicants will be allowed fifteen (15) minutes to

present testimony in support of their application, with an additional ten (10) minutes for responses to

issues raised by other witnesses. Other proponents and opponents will be limited to three (3) minutes

per speaker. Responses to questions from the SEATAC members will not be included in these time

limitations. All speakers are urged to refrain from repeating testimony presented by others. The

Coordinator may impose different time limits, depending upon the length of the agenda, the number

of speakers wishing to give testimony and/or the complexity of an agenda item.

WRITTEN TESTIMONY: Written testimony that is received prior to the public meeting will be made a

part of the record and need not be read into the record.

LOBBYIST REGISTRATION: Any person who seeks support or endorsement from SEATAC on any

official action may be subject to the provisions of Ordinance No. 93-0031, relating to lobbyists.

Violation of the lobbyist ordinance may result in a fine and other penalties. FOR INFORMATION,

CALL (213) 974-1093.

MEETING MATERIALS: The agenda package is accessible on the Department's website at

https://planning.lacounty.gov/agenda/seatac. Any meeting-related writings or documents provided to

a majority of the SEATAC after distribution of the agenda package, unless exempt from disclosure

pursuant to California law, are available online or retained as noted above.