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    "venue": "Lincoln High School Performing Arts Center",
    "address": "1801 16th Street South, Wisconsin Rapids",
    "topic": "Proposed data-center development moratorium of up to 12 months; see City notice for scope",
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    "venue": "WRAMS Auditorium",
    "address": "1921 27th Avenue South, Wisconsin Rapids",
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      "checked_on": "2026-10-16",
      "venue": "Wisconsin Rapids Area Middle School",
      "address": "1921 27th Avenue South, Wisconsin Rapids",
      "doors_open_at": "2026-10-20T17:30:00-05:00",
      "starts_at": "2026-10-20T18:00:00-05:00",
      "timezone": "America/Chicago",
      "additional_public_hearing": false,
      "hearing_statement_attribution": "Civic Media attributes the no-additional-hearing announcement to Mayor Matt Zacher.",
      "primary_document_verified": false,
      "verification_note": "Official agenda now confirms venue and meeting start; it schedules no new public hearing. Doors at 5:30 p.m. remain confirmed only by reporting."
    },
    "zoom_audio_request_deadline": "2026-10-19T18:00:00-05:00",
    "clerk_phone": "715-421-8200",
    "livestream_options": [
      "City Facebook page",
      "Charter Cable Channel 985",
      "Solarus HD Cable Channel 3"
    ]
  },
  "council_action": {
    "source": "oct21_wsau",
    "date": "2026-10-20",
    "reported_on": "2026-10-21",
    "result": "Conditional-use permit denied 7-0, as reported by WSAU/WAOW.",
    "applicant": "DC Rapids LLC",
    "location": "950 Fourth Avenue N., Wisconsin Rapids",
    "classification": "Local news reports; City minutes or signed decision not yet located",
    "official_record_url": "https://www.wirapids.gov/569/Agendas-Minutes",
    "official_record_verified": false,
    "site_plan": "Planning Commission denied the separate site-plan request September 16.",
    "future_application_or_appeal": "Not established in records reviewed as of October 21."
  }
}