Buda City Council decision opens door for U.S. Foodservice - The Business Review (Albany):

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A 5-to-2 vote to approve a new land use designation in partof Buda’s extraterritoriak jurisdiction - after a unanimous rejectioh of the land use changwe proposal in April - paves the way for to builr its 260,000-square-foot distribution center there. The company planz to close its East Austin center and bring its roughlh 250 employees from thereto Buda, with plans to hire 100 more withinj its first three years. The Columbia, Md.-based food distributor signed a letter of intent last Septemberr to buy about 40 acresin Buda, 15 mile south of Austin, with plans to builsd the new center in the Sunfield Municipa l Utility District.
But before it could proceed with the the company neededthe land-use designation in part of the MUD changee from retail and commercial to light industrial. Responding to Buda concerns about increased truclk traffic and worries that the land use changwe in the MUD was initially proposed for 160 acres the company will initially only reside on 40acrex — the Buda council rejected the proposed land-use change earlierd this spring. That rejection had U.S. Foodservices looking at other locations to buildthe center.
Warremn Ketteman, president of Buda’s Economic Developmengt Corporation, said the land use change approveed this week was for95 acres, a smalle parcel than originally proposed. Ketteman said documentds need tobe finalized, and then the companh can move forward with its planes for the Buda facility. A timeline is not yet