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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Minutes - Final November 18, 2025 Flescher, to approve the list of committee members requesting reappointment as presented. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 5 - Chairman Loar, Vice Chairman Moss, Commissioner Adams, Commissioner Flescher, and Commissioner Earman U.B. 25-1071 Disposition of Calcutta Dock Property Recommended Action: Staff recommends the Board declare the riparian land surplus, approve the attached resolution, and dispose of the property via quit claim deed to The Country Club Pointe Dock Association, and authorize the Chairman to execute all documents. Attachments: Unit 1 Plat Unit 2 Plat 2025-11-18 Reso declarinq surplus and disposition (Calcutta) N2 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION (filing) 2025-11-18 QC Deed to The Country Club Pointe Dock Assoc (0) Affidavit of Publication - Country Club Pointe Deputy County Attorney Susan Prado began by providing context for the disposition of the Calcutta dock property in the Country Club Point neighborhood. Ms. Prado informed the Board that the County had been approached by a new not-for-profit Country Club Pointe Dock Association (Association) requesting that the County use Riverboat Club as a model to deed over title and rights to the Association; the Association would take over management of the docks from the County. Ms. Prado noted the Attorney's Office recommendation was to dispose of the property under State Statute 125.38 because the Association was a not-for-profit organization looking to promote its community's welfare. Additionally, the docks do not hold a public interest as they only serve the members of the County Club Pointe Community. There were three letters submitted from residents in favor of this proposal, and one objection submitted through an attorney representing a homeowner who was on the waitlist for a dock. The Board entered into discussion, with Commissioner Flescher expressing encouragement for a solution. Vice Chairman Moss questioned what would happen to the residents on the waitlist after the turnover. Attorney for the Association, Barry Segal, explained that any owner wanting to get rid of the dock would notify the Association, which would then hold a silent auction; he suggested there would now be an incentive to turn over docks. The funds raised through the sale would go to the owner of the dock to recover the premium paid for their property, which was purchased with a dock. The Vice Chairman suggested the County should be the one to auction the docks. Attorney Segal argued the County did not have anything to sell as it did not own the riparian rights to the water. Attorney Prado informed the Board that a judgment would be required to definitively Indian River County, Florida Page 17