The City bungled the rail project, and now some members of the Charter Commission want the City to manage development along the rail line so that the City can capture revenue from it.  Maybe it sounds good in theory, but rail proves that the City does not have the capacity to do more than to perform the basic functions of a city government -- and it can't even do those well.  When the City gets good at performing those basic functions, only then should it consider expanding to areas where it has no experience.