Council hears voluntary annexation and employment‑center plan for 52‑acre Davis tract; employment plan later withdrawn

The Taylor City Council on May 22 held public hearings and introduced items related to a proposed voluntary annexation and an associated employment‑center neighborhood plan (referred to in staff materials as the Fortera mixed‑use plan) for roughly 52 acres near 650 County Road 403 in Taylor’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.

Planning staff (Mister Dunlop) told the council the property—identified in staff materials as the Davis tract—is adjacent to existing industrial employers and is composed of steep terrain and a creek corridor. The applicant is proposing a plan that staff described as primarily residential in character with single‑family P3 and some P4 build‑to‑rent product types at lower densities, integrated civic space along the…