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The Planning Board recommendation to purchase the ' gravel pit is part of a proposal to develop land into a town recreation area along the 'Vine Brook easement from East Street to North Street and Butterfield Pond. The gravel pit is the key to this proposal, providing an area which can be developed in itself as well as a means of access into the proposed development along Vine Brook. After acquisition, it is the Town Recreation Committee's responsibility to develop the land as it deems best. The Planning Director has offered to help the Committee do this by preparing plans and supervising development work, he being a professionally -trained landscape architect and one who has had considerable experience in developing such areas. By regrading the existing lines of the so-called pit it is suggested that the three smaller ponds be consoli- dated into a single central unit with an adequate shore line and a safe pond profile to allow for proper planting of the area, the location of picnic sites, and the devel- opment of a central parking area. With the technical assistance of the Department of Natural Resources it is proposed that the pond and Vine Brook be prepared properly and stocked with fish. The pond with its adjacent parking area can be lighted and in the winter used for ice skating. Being below the grades of the surrounding terrain the area can be developed so that it in no way detracts from the residential district. In fact, it is believed it will add considerably to the real estate values of the neighborhood and at the same time provide for one of the badly -needed recreational facilities for Lexington. 1