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7. The area from 1000 through 4100 block of Broadway Avenue and two blocks east and west is a current SODA area and I believe should remain so for the next two years. This area contains a number of motels, some of which are popular with drug dealers to sell from. This area also contains a Safeway Store and McDonald's Restaurant. ACT has made narcotics arrests in the parking lots of both locations. 8. The area from 3200 block of Smith Avenue to the 4000 block of Smith Avenue and two blocks east and west, is a current SODA area. I believe that the area should increase to include the 3100 block of smith to the 4000 block of Smith for the next two years. This area contains the Everett Transit Center, a major transportation hub for the City of Everett and Snohomish County. The vast majority of citizens who use the Transit Center are law abiding citizens going to and coming home from work and other activities. Unfortunately the Transit Center is also where many narcotics sales take place. The inclusion of the 3100 block will include the north parking lot of the Transit Center. I have witnessed narcotics activities in these parking lots. It is not uncommon for drug sales and use to occur in cars parked in the north parking lot. The 3600 block of Smith has become an area where a large amount of drugs are sold and consumed. Over the past several months ACT officers have observed and arrested many persons in this area for drug sales and use. In the past week we have arrested 15 persons involved in drug activity. We have recovered a verity of drugs and drug paraphernalia from those arrests. We have received numerous complaints about drug activity from the business in the area. Those complaints include drug activity all the way to the 4000 block of Smith. The inclusion of the 3100 to 4000 block will also make the area clear for the individuals that are issued a SODA with more defined boarders of Pacific to 41St St. 9. The entire area on Casino Road from Evergreen Way to Airport Road and two blocks north and south of Casino Road is a current SODA area and I believe should remain so for the next two years. ACT conducted an extensive narcotics investigation involving the area of 5th and West Casino. We have found that drug transactions in this area are very commonly associated with violent street gangs. There was a murder in the 1000 block of West Casino where narcotics were involved. We have conducted interdiction operations in the area of Casino Rd. In one operation we observed three separate vehicles involved in drug transaction in a period of 2 hour at the same location on Casino. A narcotics K-9 detected narcotic odor on all three vehicle. Narcotic search Page 2 of 4