CITY MANAGER PAST, FUTURE

Terry Matz's resume must have been strikingly familiar as Mayor Harry Dotson and the rest of the City Council went through the city manager selection process last month. Matz is the city manager of Stanton past and Stanton future, having been selected to return to the position he held from July 1989 to May 1993. After a l' A-year stint in Agoura Hills, Matz and will replace resigning city manager Greg Hulsizer on March 6. "I have a good knowledge of Stanton," he said from his office in Agoura Hills. "I think the transition will be smooth since I know staff and community." The transition should also be smooth for Matz's personal life. He lives with his wife and 18-year-old son in Commerce, as he did when he worked in Stanton. He left Stanton for Agoura Hills two years ago with the intention of moving to that area. "Those plans just didn't occur," he said. "I was looking at a commute for a foreseeably long time into future." While his commute again will be down to about 15 minutes, Matz said there were other factors that drew him back to Stanton positive professional experience," he said. "When the Stanton position became vacant, I saw it as a unique opportunity." Matz has worked with all the current City Council members. During his previous tenure, four of them were on the council and the fifth was on the Community Services Advisory Committee. He does anticipate a few changes, though, including working in the new Civic Center. "(Now) the city is fiscally sound and moving forward with really exciting programs," he said. "Some of those are new and I'll be able to help with those." From Agoura Hills Matz brings additional experience managing a city that is similar to Stanton, he said, with its sense of a closeknit group of citizens and pride in the community. "We're also pursuing an aggressive economic development (in Agoura Hills) that has been a focus in Stanton, too," he said.