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L~4 TUESDAY FEBRUARY 10, 1976 seeking support of enactment of legislation to be offered in the 1976 Virginia General Assembly whereby the lfARC Workshop will be declared exempt from both State and local taxation on property held by the MARC Workshop, it being noted that on certain of petitioner's property the City's Commissioner of the Revenue has assessed local property taxes because of the fact that products are being manufactured and sold by the Workshop, though by-products of petitioner's educational and training programs for the physically and mentally handicapped persons. It was also noted that the MARC Workshop is a charitable corporation formed in 1969 exclusively for charitable, scientific, and educational purposes. Upon motion~ duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council adopted the following resolution in support of the aforementioned legislation: WHEREAS, MARC Workshop~ Inc.~ a charitable corporation, was formed in 1969 exclusively for charitable, scientific~ and educational purposes~ specifically to provide education~ training and sheltered employment for physically and mentally handicapped persons; and~ WHEREAS, the property, both real and personal, of MARC Workshop, Inc. has not been subjected to taxation by the Commonwealth of Virginia or any of its political subdivisions since its formation; and~ IVHEREAS, a question has been raised as to whether said property is exempt from taxation under the existing statutes of the Commonwealth of Virginia; and, WHEREAS~ the directors of MARC Workshop~ Inc. desire to eliminate all doubt as to the tax-exempt status of the property of MARC Workshop~ Inc.~ by the enactment of special legislation conferring a tax-exempt status upon same; and~