Buda City Council decision opens door for U.S. Foodservice - Austin Business Journal:

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A 5-to-2 vote to approve a new land use designation in partof Buda’ s extraterritorial jurisdiction - afted a unanimous rejection of the land use change proposap in April - paves the way for to buildc its 260,000-square-foot distribution cente there. The company plans to closes its East Austin center and bring its roughly 250 employeew from thereto Buda, with plane to hire 100 more within its first threer years. The Columbia, Md.
-based food distributor signed a letterd of intent last September to buy abouy 40 acresin Buda, 15 miles south of with plans to build the new center in the Sunfield Municipal Utility But before it could proceecd with the move, the company needed the land-use designation in part of the MUD changee from retail and commercial to light industrial. Responding to Buda concerns about increased truck traffif and worries that the land use changer in the MUD was initially proposedf for 160acres — the companuy will initially only reside on 40 acres the Buda council rejected the proposeds land-use change earlier this spring. That rejection had U.S.
Foodservicew looking at other locations to buildthe center. Warrejn Ketteman, president of Buda’s Economic Development Corporation, said the land use changw approved this week was for95 acres, a smalletr parcel than originally proposed. Ketteman said documents need to be and then the compan can move forward with its plans for the Buda A timeline is notyet