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Resident urges Renton to study rat abatement as local sightings grow
Summary
A Renton resident warned the council about increased rat sightings and urged the city to consider municipal abatement programs, citing demolition for a new high school and neighboring cities' actions as precedents.
A Renton resident told the City Council during public comment that rats are increasingly visible in neighborhoods and urged the city to consider coordinated abatement programs rather than leaving responsibility only to individual property owners.
Jeff Deneen told the council he first noticed a rat problem months earlier at a rental property on his block and later observed rats in his own yard and in public spaces. He said exterminators told a nearby homeowner…
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