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trips. It also fails to state if the estimated employee numbers are an inifiial estimate or at complete build out. I would assert that the Locke Road cannot accommodate additional traffic from a 5 -year construction period, nor the ongoing operation of this project. Locke Road is a narrow 2 lane road with no shoulder. It currently sees a high volume of traffic due to the other commercial businesses located on Locke Road. Many local users often exceed the posted speed limit of 45 mph by at least 15-20mph. Bicyclist and agricultural equipment also use this road. Recently the intersection at Hwy 88 and Locke Road has been realigned. However, this "improvement" was poorly accomplished. Traffic continues to be a choke point at this intersection with poor visibility and an inclined pitch. This intersection is highly used by a high volume of small vehicles and large commercial trucks and continues to be a very dangerous spot for vehicles going in many directions. The Negative Declaration cites "fewer than 110 trips a day" (page 31); however, that would be 7 days a week over a 24-hour period. That amount of increased daily traffic will be bothersome for residents who live on Locke Road and would put more pressure on an already heavily used local road. Light Pollution: The proposed Cannabis Business Park will be lighting their entire site, 8 greenhouses, nursery, offices, and other warehouse storage buildings 7 days a week. The amount of lights required to provide proper security and visibility for safety will be immense. The ambient light from such a large facility and the light coming from within the buildings itself for the growing process. The building construction roofing materials calls for translucent roofs (Neg Dec pg. 15),, The greenhouses themselves will appear to "glow" 24 hours a day and also be a nuisance to neighbors. A screen of mature trees would be highly recommended to shield any ambient lighting radiating from all the project boundaries. Currently, there exists significant light pollution of the Jensen Precast Factory. Passersby can see their entire facility lit up at night time. Their lights also shine directly into my windows of my home and can appear to be lighting entire rooms and Jensen has nowhere near the number of lights that can be expected from a cannabis business park of this magnitude. Odor: The project sates the use of an odor control system. What measurement systems are in place for the measurement of odor as they are exhausted from the multiple greenhouse? Residents from other communities with cannabis growing operations complain of the strong odor. Cannabis plants usually become more pungent during the last six weeks of growing, some farms harvest year-round, which means they are generating odors continuously. Another challenge is that odor is usually not generated in just one location of the facility. There are three sources of odor% the final weeks of growing, the drying process, and the trimming process, so the odor needs to be controlled at each of these stages of production. The project site is located in which the west winds will blow across the facility and then blow the smell of marijuana across the entire town of Lockeford. The smell of marijuana is very distinct and displeasing to many people. Page 2 of 3