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7 -l TUESDAY JULY 25, 1972 postponed. In tentative acceptance of the Planning Commission's July 24th report of approval, Council called for a duly-advertised public hearing to be conducted by Council at its forthcoming August 22nd meeting on Graves Supply Company's June 13th petition requesting (1) the rezoning from "C-3" to "M-1" of a tract of land owned by petitioner and fronting approximately 135 feet on Harris Street and (2) the vacating and closing of a portion of the right-of-way of Harris Street at its intersection with Memorial Boulevard. Also, in tentative acceptance of the Planning Commission's report and recommendations dated July 24, 1972, Council called for a duly-advertised public hearing to be conducted by Council at its forthcoming August 22nd meeting on (1) a proposal to withdraw and cancel a Special-Use Permit issued under date of May 24, 1966 to Virginia Landmark Corporation to allow construction of an apartment complex on a tract of land consisting of approximately 9.66 acres situated on the north side of Spruce Street, opposite its intersections with Auburn Place and Prospect Hill Drive, inasmuch as said permit has never been exercised; and (2) an application filed April 25, 1972 by Community Methods, Inc., for a Special-Use Permit to allow construction of an apartment complex at said foregoing location. Mr. E. E. Stone, former member of City Council and now Chairman of the City's Electoral Board, appeared before Council and cited the State statutes governing operations and activities of electoral boards, with specific emphasis on the need of a full-time Registrar and to establish and furnish an office for such Registrar; and the need, pursuant to requirements of the State Board of Elections, to purchase immediately two new voting machines and to purchase two such machines each of the next three years; whereupon