1 RESOLUTION NO. 2026-XX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE, FOR THE FY 2026 STUDENTS,
TEACHERS, AND OFFICERS PREVENTING (STOP) SCHOOL VIOLENCE PROGRAM
FOR THE MARYSVILLE YUBA SAFE SCHOOLS INITIATIVE
At a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Marysville, State of California held on October 20, 2026.
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, has released the FY 2026 Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program, Funding Opportunity O-BJA-2026-172709, which under Category 2 provides awards of up to $1,000,000 to localities and school districts for a 36-month project period beginning January 1, 2027; and WHEREAS, the Marysville Police Department proposes the Marysville Yuba Safe Schools Initiative to give designated employees at 36 schools operated by the Marysville Joint Unified School District and the Wheatland School District a wearable, location-aware method to request help during a school emergency; and
WHEREAS, the project would provide crisis alert services for participating schools, a real-time public safety platform administered by the Police Department that shares verified school alerts with authorized regional public safety personnel, and a 3D scanner for pre-incident mapping of every participating school site; and
WHEREAS, Marysville and Wheatland-area schools are served by several public safety agencies, and the project would expand on existing school safety measures and establish common regional alert and response procedures among these agencies; and WHEREAS, the Marysville Joint Unified School District, the Wheatland School District, the would participate as partners under memoranda of understanding, access agreements, and data-sharing terms; and
WHEREAS, the project would supplement, not replace, 911 and existing dispatch functions, would apply role-based access, encryption, audit logging, data minimization, and written retention schedules, and would not be used for generalized surveillance; and WHEREAS, the program requires no local cash match, submission of the application has no material impact on the City’s General Fund, and staff will return to the City Council for acceptance and appropriation if an award is offered; and
WHEREAS, the proposed action is not a project within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act under CEQA Guidelines section 15378, because it authorizes submission of a grant application and does not commit the City to any specific physical activity or authorize the expenditure of grant funds; and
2 WHEREAS, the project advances City Council Goal #4, Enhance Public Safety, and Goal #6, Strengthen Institutional Capacity.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Marysville as follows:
Section 1. The City Council finds that the foregoing recitals are true and correct and incorporates them into this Resolution.
Section 2. The City Council hereby authorizes 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 STOP School Violence Program, Category 2, for the Marysville Yuba Safe Schools Initiative.
Section 3. The City Manager, or designee, is authorized to execute all application documents, certifications, assurances, and non-financial partner commitments necessary for submission of the application, subject to review by the City Attorney as to form.
Section 4. This authorization does not constitute acceptance or appropriation of grant funds. If an award is offered, staff shall return to the City Council for acceptance and appropriation of the grant funds before any grant funds are expended.
Section 5. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted by the City Council of the City of Marysville, County of Yuba, State of California, on October 20, 2026, by the following vote:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Abstain:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City on October 20, 2026.
City of Marysville, California
By its City Council
By:__________________________________
Chris Branscum, Mayor
By: ________________________________
3 Maggie Sanchez, City Clerk
Attestation Date:______________________