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SARANAC LAKE - More than two-and-a-half years after a retaining wall behind the Harrietstown Town Hall was damaged by flooding of the Saranac River, work associated with replacing it is finally under way.

In recent days, town, village and National Grid crews have been doing utility work behind the building, removing a utility pole near the river and relocating the building's electrical service underground.

Within the next couple of weeks, Luck Brothers Construction will start work on replacing of the retaining wall itself, town Code Enforcement Officer Ed Randig told the Enterprise this week. The Plattsburgh-based company was the lowest of three bidders on the project. The town board awarded the company a $264,000 contract earlier this month.

A village of Saranac Lake excavator uses a hydraulic hammer Tuesday to break up the ground behind the Harrietstown Town Hall in Saranac Lake where prep work is being done for the replacement of a retaining wall along the Saranac River. (Enterprise photo Chris Knight)

The retaining wall was undermined in April 2011 when the river, fueled by a combination of heavy rain and spring snowmelt, overflowed its banks. Getting it replaced turned into what some town officials described as a bureaucratic nightmare.

The project required a long list of approvals from, among others, the state Adirondack Park Agency, Department of Environmental Conservation, Department of Transportation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. At one point last year, town leaders thought they had all the permits they needed, only to learn that DEC sought an additional study of potential impacts the new retaining wall could have on the river and downstream shoreline properties.

Speaking at an Oct. 24 board meeting, Councilman Ron Keough said the town was being "held hostage in a dark-hole abyss" by FEMA and DEC. The study was ultimately completed, and the town put the project out to bid in November.

Keough, in an email this week, said the town recently sent a letter to the organizations that use the town hall, including the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Committee, advising them that the rear doors near the stage can only be used to exit the building and that no parking will be allowed behind the building. Carnival kicks off Friday with the Coronation of Carnival royalty at the town hall.

"As you know we are endeavoring to preclude any handicapped persons from being inconvenienced," Keough wrote. "There are not many who use those doors, and only occasionally, but we are looking to help them out by being a ahead of the curve in the event that is what they are used to doing."

The public is encouraged to use the Main Street entryways to the building. The handicapped entrance at the LaPan Highway side of the town hall will still be accessible during the project, Keough said.

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January 29th, 2014 10:57 pm by Jeff Bobo

MOUNT CARMEL Mount Carmel leaders voted Tuesday to increase spending by $36,000 to repair a retaining wall at City Hall and hire a certified mechanic.

The BMA unanimously approved an ordinance transferring $36,000 from the budgets general fund to the Highway and Streets Department.

About $10,000 of that money will be used to repair the block wall on the east side of the City Hall property across the alley from the building.

Were going to have to do some wall repair, or were not going to have a wall, were going to have a bank, Mayor Larry Frost said.

Mayor Frost said the main reason the wall is failing is lack of drainage, which will be included in the new project.

Frost added, That wall has been there many years and served this city well for no more than it cost the city. But where it stands now we have no choice. We have to do something.

The wall will be up to 6 feet high at a 12-degree angle and full of stone behind the blocks, where the drainage will be located.

The property line will be surveyed, and state approval is required for the wall engineering design before construction can begin.

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Oakland - Douglas Grasser of Boy Scout Troop 369 was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest award in Boy Scouts, during a ceremony at the Messiah Lutheran Church on Saturday, Jan. 4.

PHOTO COURTESY OF DEBORAH GRASSER

Douglas Grasser's Eagle project included replacement of a retaining wall at Oakland's John Robert Walker Memorial First Aid Squad building.

Doug's "trail to Eagle" started as a Tiger Cub with Pack 49 in 2002. He advanced through the ranks, reaching the level of Webelo Scout while earning his Arrow of Light, the highest award in Cub Scouting.

In 2006, Doug bridged to Boy Scouts and joined Troop 369, sponsored by Messiah Lutheran Church. He attained the ranks of Scout, Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class, Star, and Life. He completed 21 merit badges and numerous hours of community service, holding the leadership ranks of Den Chief for Pack 49, Assistant Patrol Leader, Patrol Leader, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, Troop Guide, Senior Patrol Leader, and Junior Assistant Scoutmaster.

Doug attended summer camps with the council's troop, Tenderfoot "T" Troop at Camp NoBeBoSco in 2006, then joined its Senior Patrol during 2007 and 2008. He then was promoted to Senior Patrol Leader of T-Troop for 2010 and 2011.

For his Eagle Scout project, Doug led a team of 15 volunteers over three days replacing a concrete retaining wall with an interlocking stone retaining wall at Oakland's John Robert Walker Memorial First Aid Squad.

The project required the old wall to be removed, new footings to be dug and laid, and the new wall to be shaped and constructed. Doug's project served as a memorial for Vivian Walker, the founder of the squad, who died in 2009.

Doug worked with Joe Tuttle from Borst Landscape and Design of Allen- dale, who guided him in designing and architecting the wall. He also worked with Lenny Scully and Joe Ventrella of Affordable Septics of Oakland, Joe Finizio Sr. and Joe Finizio Jr. of Landscape Perceptions of Oakland, Robert Leneve of Stonetown Construction of Oakland, and Dave Potash of James Construction of Oakland. All of those businesses donated materials for the wall construction.

Doug will further assist the Oakland First Aid Squad installing engraved pavers at the base of the wall and a garden in the center circle this spring.

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