Belvidere Township - Resolution 2026-4
BELVIDERE TOWNSHIP
GOODHUE COUNTY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-4
RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A SUBORDINATE SERVICE DISTRICT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF
370TH STREET
WHEREAS, 370th Street is expected to be improved in the future with bituminous surfacing to Township road standards; and
WHEREAS, a Petition request-ing the creation of a Subordinate Service District (“SSD”) within an area legally described on Exhibit A and graphically depicted on Exhibit B (Exhibit A and Exhibit B are posted at the Belvidere Town Hall), was filed with the Township Clerk requesting the establishment of a SSD to provide for the general maintenance and long-term accountability of the anticipated 370th Street road improvement, including but not limited to pothole filling, patching, crack filling, sealcoating, bituminous overlay and full depth reconstruction purposes, for the benefit of all of the properties within the SSD pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 365A and any other applicable statutes; and
WHEREAS, the Petition requesting the creation of the SSD also requested that the services provided by the SSD as well as the expenses of creating the SSD be financed by the property owners within the SSD; and
WHEREAS, the Town Clerk reported to the Belvidere Town Board of Supervisors that the required 50% of signatures had been verified and in conformity to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 365A; and
WHEREAS, a Public Hearing was held on the 8th day of September, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. at the Belvidere Town Hall located at 26529 370th Street, Goodhue, Minnesota 55027 to consider the creation of an SSD for the area legally described on Exhibit A and graphically depicted on Exhibit B; and
WHEREAS, all statutory legal requirements regarding giving notice have been satisfied; and
WHEREAS, the Belvidere Township Board of Supervisors determined that the creation of an SSD to be in the best interest of the landowners of said area.
BE IT THEREFORE RE-SOLVED that the Belvidere Township Board of Supervisors, Goodhue County, Minnesota does hereby establish an SSD pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 365A with the following stipulations and conditions relating to the future maintenance and reconstruction of 370th Street after its initial improvement with bituminous to Township bituminous road standards:
1. The following SSD is created and established for the area legally described on Exhibit A and graphically depicted on the map hereto as Exhibit B which are posted at the Belvidere Town Hall.
2. The purpose of this SSD is to provide for the general maintenance and long-term accountability of the anticipated 370th Street bituminous road improvement, including but not limited to pothole filling, patching, crack filling, sealcoating, bituminous overlay and full depth reconstruction purposes, for the benefit of all of the properties within the SSD pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 365A and any other applicable statutes.
3. During the initial bituminous improvement of 370th Street, the services provided by the Township to the SSD shall be financed as follows: The services provided by the SSD as well as the expenses of creating the SSD shall be financed by and be the sole responsibility of the property owners within the SSD. A property tax levied only upon the properties or a levy of a service charge against such benefited users, or a combination of a property tax and a service charge on such benefited users shall finance the services described above.
4. After the initial bituminous improvement of 370th Street, the services provided by the Township to the SSD shall be financed by and be the sole responsibility of the property owners within the SSD. A property tax levied only upon the properties or a levy of a service charge against such benefited users, or a combination of a property tax and a service charge on such benefited users shall finance the services described above subject to the following:
a. The Township, at its expense, shall provide snow plowing, mowing, ditch and drainage maintenance to 370th Street similar to that provided to other Township roads.
b. The Township shall contribute funds towards general routine bituminous road maintenance activities for 370th Street (i.e., pothole filling, patching, crack filling, sealcoating). The Township’s annual contribution shall not exceed the average yearly cost of maintaining one mile of the Township’s gravel-road system, calculated by averaging the Township’s total gravel-road maintenance expenses (such as periodic blading and recurring gravel replacement) across all Township gravel roads over a three-year period. This calculation shall be made by the Township in its sole discretion.
c. Except as provided in Section 4a and 4b above, the services provided by the SSD as well as the expenses of creating the SSD shall be financed by and be the sole responsibility of the property owners within the SSD. A property tax or a levy of a service charge against such benefited users, or a combination of a property tax and a service charge on such benefited users shall finance the services described above.
d. Before the Township awards a contract for any future major improvements or maintenance to 370th Street expected to exceed $25,000, the Township shall meet and confer with the property owners within the SSD by providing written notice to the property owners. The property owners within the SSD shall have thirty (30) days from the date of the Township’s notice to request in writing that the Township terminate the SSD. If requested by the property owners within the SSD in writing, the Township shall work with the property owners to: a) mill the asphalt such that the asphalt is reclaimed into the underlying gravel, adding a layer of gravel, 3 inches minimum, to the top of the reclaimed surface and blading the road right-of-way with the cost of milling and blading activities to be an expense of the properties within the SSD, and thereafter b) terminate the SSD pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 365A.095 once all financial and other obligations to the Township have been satisfied. If the property owners within the SSD do not timely request to terminate the SSD, the future major improvements to 370th Street shall be financed as outlined in Sections 3. The provisions of Section 4 shall be followed after the future major improvements have been completed.
5. This Resolution shall be recorded against the title to all property within the SSD as legally described on Exhibit A and graphically depicted on the map hereto as Exhibit B. Should the legal description on Exhibit A conflict with the map on Exhibit B, the map on Exhibit B shall control the boundary of the SSD.
6. The SSD shall become effective upon passage of sixty days (60 days) from the publication of this Resolution in the Township’s official newspaper.
7. The Town Clerk shall cause this Resolution to be published and cause mailed notice to be given to residents as required by law.
Date: September 8, 2026
BELVIDERE TOWNSHIP
Craig Breuer, Chairperson
Attest:
Tara Lynn Marklevits, Clerk
Published in the Lake City Graphic
on September 17, 2026