Parks board recommends relocating 4th Street skate park to Blaine Marine Park

By Stefanie Donahue

The city’s park and cemetery board voted 3-1 to recommend that Blaine Skate Park be relocated to Blaine Marine Park, pending a site feasibility study.

“If the city of Blaine sells the skate park property, the city will ensure that a new skate park of superior quality will be professionally designed and constructed at a new location,” wrote acting community development director Alex Wenger in an email, which mirrored a recommendation made by the board during a meeting on November 8.

The city is considering making the skate park property on 4th Street available for sale and relocating it to either Lincoln Park, near the H Street entrance, or Blaine Marine Park.

“Between the two city-owned properties identified as potential locations for a new park, the board recommends that subject, to a satisfactory site feasibility study, the city property at Blaine Marine Park be utilized and that the entire proceeds from the sale of the skate park property will be allocated to funding this project.”

Wenger noted that the park and cemetery board acts in an advisory capacity and that Blaine City Council will ultimately decide whether or not to relocate Blaine Skate Park.

“I suspect council may take some additional time before directing me to move forward with more detailed plans,” Wenger said.