Item #09
Date: October 20, 2026
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Vance Nabeta, Police Chief
Subject: Authorize Submission of an Application for the FY 2026 STOP School Violence Program for the Marysville Yuba Safe Schools Initiative
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to submit an application to the U.S.
Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, for up to $951,420 under the FY 2026 Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence (STOP School Violence) Program, Category 2, Localities and School Districts, for the Marysville Yuba Safe Schools Initiative; to execute application documents, certifications, assurances, and non-financial partner commitments necessary for submission; and, if an award is offered, to return to the City Council for acceptance and appropriation of the grant funds.
Rationale for Recommendation:
The proposed Marysville Yuba Safe Schools Initiative (MYSSI) would give designated employees at 36 schools operated by Marysville Joint Unified School District and Wheatland School District a wearable, location-aware method to request help during a school emergency. Approved alerts, validated campus floor plans, and responder map layers would be shared with authorized regional public safety personnel through a real-time platform administered by the Police Department. A 3D scanner would allow the Department to complete pre-incident mapping of every participating school site. Together, these investments would shorten the time needed to notify the correct responders, improve the precision of responder routing, and establish a common regional procedure for school emergencies.
Background:
The U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, issued the FY 2026 STOP School Violence Program under Funding Opportunity O-BJA-2026-172709. Category 2 is available to localities and school districts and supports projects that improve school safety through threat prevention, emergency notification, and coordinated response. The solicitation requires applicants to document need using specific, current data from the target schools or districts rather than relying only on general crime or national school-safety statistics.
Marysville and Wheatland-area schools are served by several public safety agencies whose responsibilities change by campus location and incident type, including the Marysville Police Department, Yuba County Sheriff's Office, Wheatland Police Department, and Beale Air Force Base Security Forces. Two Wheatland School District campuses, Lone Tree School and Wheatland Charter Academy, are located on Beale Air Force Base and already coordinate safe-school planning and exercises with Beale AFB Security Forces.
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Environmental Review:
School staff often recognize a threat or crisis before a 911 caller can describe the exact building, room, or type of help needed. When an alert depends on a telephone call, information may be delayed while the caller reaches dispatch, identifies the correct campus location, and explains what is occurring. At the same time, the responding agencies operate across different jurisdictions and communications environments, and no common process currently gives them the same verified alert, location, and campus map information. The on-base campuses add federal installation access, command, and security requirements to that coordination challenge.
The proposed project addresses these gaps through the following components:
• CENTEGIX CrisisAlert services - $850,000 for wearable staff alert badges, alert-network components, site surveys, campus-specific system design, software, digital maps, implementation, configuration, testing, and support across 36 schools for the project period. • Fusus real-time platform - $45,000 for a Police Department-held contract providing a shared schoolsafety incident view, with role-based access extended to authorized regional public safety personnel under written access and data-sharing agreements.
• FARO 3D scanner - $47,000 for one scanner used to capture interiors, exterior approaches, access points, and other responder-relevant features at every participating school site, producing validated floor plans and map layers for upload into the Fusus and CENTEGIX platforms.
The system would supplement, not replace, 911 and existing dispatch functions. Each agency would determine which personnel receive alerts and how receipt is acknowledged, and each campus map would be validated by district facilities staff and the responsible law enforcement agency before publication.
Beale AFB Security Forces would approve the scanning scope, map content, storage, and access restrictions for the on-base campuses. The platform would not be used under this award for generalized surveillance or unrelated law enforcement operations, and the project would not fund armed personnel, cameras, locks, access-control systems, or other target-hardening equipment.
Implementation would occur over 36 months beginning January 1, 2027. Governance, partner agreements, baseline data, and procurement planning would be completed during Months 1 through 3, followed by site assessments, workflow design, and privacy and cybersecurity review during Months 4 through 6. Phased 3D scanning, map validation, and platform configuration would occur during Months 7 through 12, with campus alert services installed and staff trained during Months 13 through 18. The remaining period would support system tests, multidisciplinary exercises including a Beale AFB campus scenario, corrective actions, refresher training, sustainability planning, federal reporting, and closeout.
The project is structured around measurable results. The partners would • activate all approved campuses
• train at least 95 percent of designated staff before each campus enters production use • achieve correct alert transmission and routing in at least 95 percent of scheduled tests • complete 3D scans and validated platform uploads for 100 percent of approved sites • conduct at least two multidisciplinary exercises
Targets for alert acknowledgement and notification times would be set after baseline testing.
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The school districts, Yuba County Sheriff's Office, Wheatland Police Department, and Beale AFB Security Forces would participate as non-funded partners under memoranda of understanding, access agreements, and data-sharing terms. The project would apply role-based access, encryption, audit logging, written retention schedules, and data minimization, and would not ingest student education records absent a documented operational need, legal review, and written agreement.
Before submission, staff will work with each participating district to confirm campus and enrollment counts, staff users, current notification methods, recent drill findings, and campus map status. These figures will be incorporated into the final application as the project baseline, as the solicitation requires.
Alignment with City Council Goal(s):
Goal #4 – Enhance Public Safety
Goal #6 – Strengthen Organizational Capacity
Environmental Review:
The action proposed in this item is administrative in nature and does not constitute a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Legal Review:
The City Attorney has reviewed the resolution and approved as to form.
Fiscal Impact:
Submitting the application has no material General Fund impact. The City would request $942,000 in federal funding, consisting of $850,000 for CENTEGIX CrisisAlert services, $45,000 for the Fusus platform, and $47,000 for the FARO 3D scanner. No local cash match is proposed, and the application includes no personnel, fringe benefit, travel, supplies, or indirect costs. Project management, grant administration, training coordination, privacy review, and performance reporting would be provided by City and partner staff without charge to the award.
If awarded, the grant would fund the proposed 36-month project and requires no local match. The ongoing costs associated with the project would be limited to the real-time software platform in the amount of $15,000/year. This platform also incorporates numerous other applications including real-time camera feeds, site floor plans, AVL vehicle mapping, community camera sharing capabilities, and digital evidence management. The Centegix CrisisAlert services would be the sole responsibility of the school partners beyond the grant period. The 3D scanner device would have a reasonable lifespan of 7 years before replacement with no required maintenance services.
Attachments:
1) Resolution Authorizing Submission of the FY 2026 STOP School Violence Program Grant Application