June 5, 2015

Honorable Stephanie A. Miner

Mayor, City of Syracuse
233 East Washington Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
Dear Mayor Miner,
The purpose of this letter is to express my opposition to any plan that proposes operating
the former Roth Steel site as a scrapyard or any form of metal processing facility.
Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent cleaning up the mess that past industries
created by polluting Onondaga Lake. Significant progress has been made and we are
now seeing a rebirth of the lake as the asset to our community that it should be. There is
development at the inner harbor, a new county park featuring an amphitheater being built
on the west shore and water that is cleaner than it has been in 75 years.
Allowing a scrap metal company to restart operations on the Roth Steel site is counter to
everything this community has worked to accomplish at Onondaga Lake.
Please do not let that happen and know that I am ready to assist in any way possible to
ensure it does not.
Thank you,

Joanne M. Mahoney
Onondaga County Executive