By Jim Reece - The Sutter Creek City Council selected five people for its Architectural Review Committee, out of a total of eight applicants for the position. The council then voted 3-1 to have the committee select its own chairman. Councilman Pat Crosby motioned to have the council appoint a chairman on the committee, but the move died for lack of a second. Mayor Pro Tempore Bill Hepworth then moved to have the committee select its own chair, which passed 3-1, with Crosby against. Crosby said he thought that an appointed chair would give the council someone to approach if it was displeased. The council at its regular meeting Monday took a report from assistant city manager Sean Rabe, who before had given the eight application letters to the council. Councilmen then selected their top five candidates and Rabe announced the results of their voting. Those selected to the Architecture Review Committee are former planning commissioners John H. Walser and Edwin L. Pogue, architects John E. Otto and Sandi Baracco and resident Sharyn Brown. Baracco is also a former planning commissioner and was a member of the General Plan Committee, as were Brown and Otto. Other applicants may be considered if openings occur on the committee. The other three applicants were Peter H. Smith, Suzie Reynolds and Linda Rianda. Establishment of the committee was required by city law. The committee will review site plans and provide recommendations to the community development director. The members were appointed to overlapping terms, with three years being the longest term. Staff recommended that for diversity’s sake, committee members should include at least one city business owner, one resident not connected with a business in the city, at least two people experience in architecture, landscape architecture, historic preservation, urban design planning, or engineering.