Buda City Council decision opens door for U.S. Foodservice - Business First of Louisville:

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A 5-to-2 vote to approve a new land use designatiohn in partof Buda’s extraterritorial jurisdictionm - after a unanimous rejectioh of the land use change proposal in April - pave s the way for to build its 260,000-square-foof distribution center there. The company plans to close its East Austinj center and bring its roughly 250 employeez from thereto Buda, with plans to hire 100 more withibn its first three The Columbia, Md.
-based food distributor signef a letter of intent last September to buy abougt 40 acres in Buda, 15 mileas south of Austin, with plans to build the new cente r in the Sunfield Municipal Utility But before it could proceed with the the company needed the land-usew designation in part of the MUD changed from retai and commercial to light industrial. Responding to Buda concerns about increased truck traffiv and worries that the land use chang e in the MUD was initially proposed for 160acrez — the company will initiallyu only reside on 40 acresz — the Buda council rejected the proposed land-use change earlier this spring. That rejectionn had U.S.
Foodservices lookinh at other locations to buildcthe center. Warren Ketteman, president of Buda’s Economic Development Corporation, said the land use change approve d this week was for 95 a smaller parcel thanoriginally proposed. Kettemanj said documents need tobe finalized, and then the compant can move forward with its plana for the Buda facility. A timeline is not yet