I understand real estate deals have to be discussed out of the public eye but this makes me nervous.  Phrases like "ensure more city involvement in their development" raise more questions than they answer. What involvement shoud a city have beyond ensuring that permiting and zoning requiremets are met?

The City has an affinity for pie in sky schemes that generate little economic activity beyond consultant fees and nothing tangible beyond artist's impressions.  If the properties in the tax title auction were economically viable they wouldn't have been foreclosed on in the first place or, at least, would have been purchased when offered for sale on the courthouse steps.