A team-building exercise on Friday helped members of the St. Helena City Council get to know one another better, and also revealed a rift between Mayor Geoff Ellsworth and the
St. Helena City Councilmember Anna Chouteau and Napa County Planning Commissioner Anne Cottrell plan to run for the District 3 supervisorial seat that will be vacated by Diane Dillon in 2022.
Chouteau and Cottrell filed 501 Candidate Intention Statements for District 3 last week, which is a precursor to filing for candidacy.
Dillon announced on Jan. 27 that she would not run for re-election. Chouteau and Cottrell, both St. Helena residents, are the first people to publicly announce plans to run for the seat.
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Chouteau is an organization development consultant who was elected to the St. Helena City Council in November 2018.
The St. Helena City Council agreed Tuesday to wind down the Hunt Avenue Hub, a downtown pop-up park created through a temporary street closure, but itâs going to keep looking for creative ways to create outdoor gathering spaces.
The city will close the Hub in 30 days or when Napa Countyâs COVID-19 rates move it from the Purple Tier into the less restrictive Red Tier, whichever comes sooner.
The Hub was introduced on Oct. 30 on Hunt Avenue between Main Street and Railroad Avenue. People were drawn to it during a time when restaurants were barred from serving customers indoors and sometimes even outdoors. Public use dropped with the onset of cold weather.