O. Real estate negotiations.

Any “[d]iscussions or consultations with designated representatives of the public body in order to consider its position and instruct its representatives regarding negotiations for the purchase, sale or lease of real property” may occur in closed executive sessions.  A.R.S. § 38-431.03(A)(7).  Although it cannot select the construction site in a closed session, a public body may “discuss its position in executive session before it actually commences negotiating with a land owner or purchaser.”  Tanque Verde Unified Sch. Dist., 206 Ariz. at 208, 76 P.3d at 882.

The actual negotiations may or may not be conducted in public meetings, depending on the entity negotiating on behalf of the public body (i.e., multimember special committee versus single-person attorney or representative).