Now that issues of legality surrounding the Redevelopment Agency funding of Joe Debely Stadium renovations have been put to rest, concerns over field usage have arisen.

Following special meetings by both the Parlier City Council and the Parlier Unified School District Board of Trustees last week, a joint use agreement for the proposed new Parlier High School gynmasium has been approved.

Faced with mounting debt and declining revenues, the Mt. Diablo YMCA announced last week that the Clayton Valley branch will close all operations at the end of March. This will leave the city of Clayton without a recreation program.

On a split vote, the Parlier Unified School District has approved a joint use agreement with the City of Parlier for use of the proposed new Parlier High School gymnasium. But because of several concerns, the Parlier City Council tabled the item on Feb. 17, the night before the school board meeting.

SACRAMENTO — Following a moderated discussion with President Clinton at the Governor’s 2010 Summit on Health, Nutrition and Obesity: Actions for Healthy Living, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced eight specific actions he will pursue to support healthy living in California. Implementing policies and practices that support joint use was among them.

Funding and improvements are on the way for joint use projects in San Diego.

LOS ANGELES — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday weighed in on California’s pricey battle with obesity, calling for the elimination of sugary “sports drinks” in schools and more vigorous physical activity during and after school.

PLACENTIA — The city of Placentia has officially agreed to buy the now defunct Boys & Girls Clubs facility on Crowther Avenue. Officials from the cash-strapped Boys & Girls Clubs of Brea, Placentia and Yorba Linda plan to use the money to pay off a construction firm it owes for finished work on the new Brea facility.

California Project LEAN, in partnership with the California Center for Physical Activity, has taken the lead for the physical activity component of the funding.  The physical activity initiative will focus on joint use of school facilities, and CDPH will lay the ground work to advance state and local policies that increase equitable access to safe and attractive school facilities outside of the school day for physical activity and recreation.

Believing that a field is a terrible thing to waste, members of the Ross Valley Lacrosse Club are hoping to work with the College of Marin to turn the Kentfield school’s abandoned football field into a facility they and other youth sports leagues could use.