The Oakland City Council hit a new milestone in its bid for a Coliseum City on Friday, after approving a six-month agreement that would allow New City Development to pursue negotiations on stadiums for the A’s and Raiders, along with a raft of new retail and hotels.

This project is a significantly scaled-back version of the 800-acre Coliseum City that former mayor Jean Quan envisioned, but council members say it’s also a lot more viable. At 200 acres, it would comprise exclusively public land, and not force the city to haggle over swaths of property it doesn’t own.