| Item No. 3.1. | |
| MEETING DATE: April 13, 2026 |
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| TO: | PLANNING COMMISSION |
| FROM: | SUSAN KIM, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT By: Sonya Lui, Planning Manager |
| SUBJECT: | ANNUAL REORGANIZATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION |
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA):
The reorganization of the Planning Commission is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Public Resources Code section 15378(b)(5) because the reorganization is an administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the Planning Commission appoint a Chair and a Vice Chair to serve for the period of April 2026 through April 2027.
DISCUSSION:
Pursuant to Section 2.24.040.C of the La Habra Municipal Code, the Planning Commission is required to select a Chair and Vice Chair at their first regular meeting in April. Traditionally, the positions of Chair and Vice Chair have been rotated equitably between the members of the Planning Commission. However, there is no Municipal Code or City policy that governs this process. The following table shows the appointment history for the past five years.
Recent Appointment History
Below are the terms of the current Commissioners.
Staff recommends that the Chair direct the Planning Manager to facilitate the appointment process. The Planning Manager will follow the process outlined below, which generally follows Robert's Rules of Order:
Recent Appointment History
| Year | Chair | Vice Chair |
| 2021-2022 | Jason Manley | Manuel Munoz |
| 2022-2023 | Manuel Munoz | Esther Rojas |
| 2023-2024 | Esther Rojas | Carrie Surich |
| 2024-2025 | Jason Manley | Maria Mahecha |
| 2025-2026 | Maria Mahecha | Roy Ramsland |
Below are the terms of the current Commissioners.
| Original Appointment |
Last Appointment |
Term Expires | |
| Jason Manley | 04/18/19 | 03/20/23 | 03/31/27 |
| Maria Mahecha | 02/13/23 | 03/18/24 | 03/31/28 |
| Danitza Cardenas | 03/18/24 | 03/18/24 | 03/31/28 |
| Roy Ramsland | 09/09/24 | 04/06/26 | 03/31/30 |
| Ginger Logan-Cannon | 03/17/25 | 03/17/25 | 03/31/27 |
Staff recommends that the Chair direct the Planning Manager to facilitate the appointment process. The Planning Manager will follow the process outlined below, which generally follows Robert's Rules of Order:
- The Planning Manager will ask for nominations from the Commission for the Chair position.
- A Commissioner will make a nomination.
- The Planning Manager will call for other nominations.
- Once all nominations have been made, the Planning Manager will close the nominations.
- The Planning Manager will direct the Secretary to hold either a roll call or electronic vote, as needed, on the nominations, in the same order that the nominations were received.
Once a Chair is selected, the process will be repeated for the Vice Chair.
FISCAL IMPACT/SOURCE OF FUNDING:
This is an administrative action with no fiscal impact.
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES):
This is an administrative action and not subject to NPDES requirements.
GENERAL PLAN RELEVANCE/CITY COUNCIL GOALS & OBJECTIVES:
This is an administrative action and not a project subject to a finding of relevance to any General Plan or City Council goals or policies.