HomeMy WebLinkAboutAP201900002 Correspondence 2019-06-03TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN AND THE COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE,
I AM WRITING THIS LETTER WITH REGARDS TO YOUR ZONING HEARING #56 & #57,
GOINGS V BIRDSALL, ON JUNE 4, 2019.
I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY MY ENTIRE LIFE, NEARLY 50 YRS,
AND AM A NEIGHBOR OF THE MINT MEADOWS PROPERTY WHERE MR. HILLIARD HAS HIS
NEW LOCATION FOR HIS ESTATE AND LAND MANAGEMENT BUSINESS. I AM FULLY IN
SUPPORT OF THIS BUSINESS BEING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS IT FILLS A NICHE FOR
THOSE OF US WHO HAVE SMALLER FARMS THAT THAT DON'T REQUIRE FULL TIME
EMPLOYEES, BUT NEED PROPER FARM ATTENTION FROM TIME TO TIME, MORE THAN WE
CAN GIVE.
MY CONCERN, GRAVE CONCERN, IS THAT RESTRICTING BUSINESSES LIKE MR.
HILLIARD'S, WHICH CATER TO THE MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION OF OUR
BEAUTIFUL PROPERTIES IN THE AREA (HILLIARD ESTATE & LAND MANAGEMENT), SETS
A VERY BAD PRECEDENT AND LEADS TO A VERY SLIPPERY DOWNWARD SLOPE. IN CASE
YOU WERE UNAWARE, RICK GOINGS EVEN HAD MR. HILLIARD DO A SIZABLE AMOUNT OF
WORK AT EAGLE HILL AND ATTEMPTED TO HAVE HIM RUN THE ESTATE.
FURTHERMORE, I FIND IT IRONIC THAT MR. GOINGS COMPLAINS ABOUT BUSINESSES IN
FREE UNION, WHEN HE HIMSELF TURNED HIS STABLES INTO A TUPPERWARE
CORPORATE RETREAT AND CONFERENCE CENTER. YOU CAN VIEW A MULTITUDE
OF PICTURES ON HIS RICK GOINGS FACEBOOK PAGE. THIS WAS DONE ROUGHLY 5
YEARS AGO, NO PERMIT WAS GIVEN FOR ZONING CHANGE, AND NO ADJUSTMENT HAS
BEEN MADE WITH REGARDS TO HIS PROPERTY TAX STRUCTURE. ACCORDING TO PUBLIC
RECORD, RICK GOINGS IS STILL PAYING TAXES FOR AGRICULTURAL LAND. I DID NOT
REALIZE THAT A TUPPERWARE CORPORATE RETREAT AND CONFERENCE
CENTER, IS ABLE TO BE CONSIDERED AS AGRICULTURAL. SO NOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN
BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION, 1 WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH TO HEAR AT THE ZONING
HEARING ON JUNE 4T", HOW RICK GOINGS THINKS MR. HILLIARD'S PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT BUSINESS, IS ANY WORSE THAN AN UNAPPROVED, TAX EVADING,
CORPORATE RETREAT!
I EXPECT YOU WILL MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION TOMORROW AND ALLOW GROWTH TO
OCCUR IN A RESPONSIBLE AND REASONABLE FASHION, SO THAT THE BUSINESS WE RELY
ON ARE NOT FORCED OUT TO THE NEXT COUNTY. THERE ARE NO TRAFFIC ISSUES AS
RICK GOINGS CLAIMS, THERE ARE NO BROKEN LAWS AS HE CLAIMS, THIS IS JUST A
PITIFUL DISPLAY OF A NONRESIDENT, PART TIME VISITOR TO THE AREA, TRYING TO
BULLY HIS WAY AROUND TO GAIN STATUS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
SINCERELY,
FULL TIME RESIDENT
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