Officer Erik Kraft is pictured with K-9 Mitchell. P-J file photo

The Kendall Club PBA has approached the city in regards to going about getting two memorial plaques.

Bill Reynolds, R-Ward 5 and Housing Committee chairman, said one of the club’s directors approached him to see what was necessary to erect these plaques or signs.

“Kenneth A Bebe died as a cop while serving our country in World War II and the Kendall Club would like to recognize him,” Reynolds said. “Apparently there was a plaque somewhere honoring him but it was vandalized and I was told it was found in a river.”

The second plaque would be to honor K-9 Officer Mitchell, a dog who got stabbed while helping apprehend a murder suspect. The organization would like to place both markers in Tracy Plaza.

“They thought they’d buy them both, but then they thought if they buy one maybe the city could buy one, and go from there,” Reynolds said. “So, I don’t have costs, I don’t have numbers. I think at this juncture I’d like to have an answer regarding if they would be allowed to put those two markers somewhere on Tracy Plaza, I would think over where the other honorary plaques are.”

Reynolds also briefly discussed South Ridge Park, and getting signage there. He said the signs there run about $1,500 a piece and two of them would be needed in South Ridge, with a third sign to be placed in the triangle area of Barrett Avenue, Forest Avenue and Hazeltine Avenue. The triangle area is not known by any name, Reynolds said, putting forth the idea to name it Hazeltine Park after the Hazeltine family, who played a large role in the beginning of Jamestown.

Corporation Counsel, Elliot Raimondo, said that the park signs are something that can be discussed with the finance committee, but that the signs for the Kendall Club follow a different procedure.

“As far as the Kendall Club PBA signs, I know there is a procedure for that we can address,” Raimondo said. “Usually, the Kendall Club is a private organization and private organizations don’t get their memorials from the city or have the city pay for one.”

Reynolds said he thought the organization would be able to pay for both.