The City of Sugar Land’s standing committee for economic development is the Economic Development Committee (EDC).  Per City Council Resolution No. 09-24, the Policy for the Creation and Operation of City Council Committees and Task Forces (Policy), the role of the EDC is to make recommendations to the City Council on all major economic development projects that have the potential to be funded through one or more of the following: the City, the Sugar Land Development Corporation (SLDC), the Sugar Land 4B Corporation (SL4B), or a Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ).

Further, the Policy states that the Committee shall consist of three members: the Mayor, a Council member currently serving on SL4B to be selected and appointed by the Mayor, and a member of SLDC to be selected and appointed by the members of the SLDC.  Current members are Mayor Joe Zimmerman and Council Member Carol McCutcheon as the SLDC appointee. To fill an unexpired term of the SL4B position, the Mayor may choose to select and appoint a non-SL4B member. At this time, Mayor Zimmerman has selected Council Member Stewart Jacobson to assume the unexpired SL4B position.

Staff recommends that the City Council appoint Stewart Jacobson to City Council's Economic Development Committee, for an unexpired term ending May 31, 2023.