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Rules Committee continues motion to explore resident ownership at Midtown Park Apartments after charter dispute
Summary
Supervisor Preston asked the committee to start a resident‑centered process for Midtown Park Apartments and to use limited funds to issue an RFP to support that work; the committee continued the item after the City Attorney questioned whether the board could contract directly to perform an executive function.
Supervisor Myrna (first name not used in this transcript) Preston (identified in the hearing as Supervisor Preston) introduced a motion Oct. 31 to direct the Clerk of the Board to issue a request‑for‑proposals to create a working group that would explore resident ownership or resident control at Midtown Park Apartments, a 138‑unit, city‑owned affordable housing complex in the Western Addition.
Preston delivered a lengthy history of Midtown, describing it as the city’s only "true municipal housing" and recounting a 2007 Board resolution that laid out five guiding principles: preventing displacement, involving tenants, protecting long‑term…
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