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Council approves Rawlings addition plat, annexation and related utility-notice resolution for property seeking city services
Summary
The council approved a one‑step preliminary and final plat for the Rawlings Addition (4.05 acres), accepted a consent annexation ordinance to bring Lots 1 and 2 into Augusta for utilities, and passed a resolution notifying the city electric supplier as required by state law.
The Augusta City Council approved a one-step preliminary and final plat (case FP-2025-08) for the Rawlings Addition and subsequently approved a consent annexation and related notice to the electric supplier required under state law.
Planning staff described the Rawlings Addition as a 4.05-acre plat south of Highland Drive, north of Westwood Avenue and west of Sunset Drive. The property is currently unplatted, mostly vacant and includes a small existing house on Lot 2, Block A that will be adjusted on the plat to capture outbuildings and allow utility service. Lot 1, Block A is intended for a future single-family home; Lot 3, Block A will remain in Butler County and contains a FEMA floodplain pond and is non-developable, staff said.
Staff said annexation is a consent petition filed by the property owners, Mike and Teresa Rawlings, who want city utilities to serve the planned home. Because the property requires city utilities, staff recommended annexation and noted a deed restriction will bind Lot 3 to Lot 2 so the parcels cannot be sold separately in the future.
Council voted to approve the one-step preliminary and final plat as recommended by the planning commission; the motion carried on voice vote. Council then approved ordinance 22-44 annexing Lots 1 and 2, Block A, Rawlings Addition into the city of Augusta. The roll-call vote for the annexation recorded all councilmembers voting yes.
Finally, the council adopted resolution 2025-07 to provide the statutorily required notice of the annexation to the electric supplier and to select the City of Augusta as the retail electric supplier for the annexed property (KSA 66-176 was cited in staff’s recommended motion). The motion carried.
Staff said the annexation’s practical effect is to make the property eligible for city utility service and to allow the owners to proceed with plans to build a single-family residence; Lot 3 will remain in Butler County due to FEMA floodplain restrictions and a deed restriction will tie it to Lot 2 for future conveyance.
