Langley’s design review board has a new member with an interest in property.

The city council, upon Mayor Fred McCarthy’s recommendation, approved Dan Gulden’s appointment to the Design Review Board at its Nov. 2 meeting. Gulden also attended.

McCarthy said he had a long career in real estate as a broker and a builder, and would bring a valuable voice to the citizen group responsible for guiding the city’s look.

Gulden joins a group that includes Bob Dalton, the chairman of the board, Cathy Rooks-Waymire, Janet Ploof and Kari Gunderson, the alternate.

The board is undergoing a potential change in its responsibilities. At a previous city council meeting, the board requested the authority to review the city’s design standards and amend them with potentially more well-defined rules for the commercial and multi-family developments.