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CPE will document beach nourishment projects constructed , including the Sector 3 project constructed from May 2010 through March 2012 . CPE will develop a sediment budget and alongshore transport rate for the entire length of the County . Net sediment transport rates at the north end of the County ( Sebastian Inlet) will be based upon literature . CPE will evaluate whether diffusion from beach nourishment projects will need to be removed from the longshore transport analysis in order to determine longshore transport due to wave driven transport . A comparison of the longshore transport rates determined from this analytic analysis of volumetric changes will be compared to numerically modeled longshore transport , discussed later in this scope . CPE will incorporate environmental data from monitoring reports developed following the 2008 BPP . This is expected to primarily include monitoring of the Sector 3 Beach and Dune Restoration project. Task 2 : Public Meetings Following an update of the beach conditions , CPE will hold a public meeting/ planning charette in Vero Beach to explain the goals and objectives of update to the BPP and to solicit public input into potential beach management strategies . A summary of public comments will be included in the BPP . A second public meeting will be held following development of the beach management strategies and completion of the strategy modeling . Task 3 : Sector Boundaries and Beach Management Strategies CPE will review the boundaries of the various Sectors ( 1 through 8) within the County . The delineation of these sectors will be evaluated with respect to dominant coastal processes , historical shoreline changes , projected bluff location in 30 years , upland development , and environmental resources . The boundaries will be left as is for consistency purposes unless there is a significant need to change them , such as a different beach management strategy being employed within the sector . Various beach management strategies will be evaluated for each sector. This may include but not be limited to no action , beach restoration , dune restoration , coastal structures , and sand bypassing . Regulatory and environmental constraints associated with the various strategies will be considered . A generalized strategy will be recommended for each section . While all sectors will be evaluated , it is anticipated that Sectors 3 , 5 and 7 will be the areas that will require greater focus with respect to management strategies , based on the previous Beach Preservation Plan and a review of ongoing efforts . We will develop preliminary alternatives to assess a given strategy , such as examining the dune or beach nourishment volume required to provide a given level of protection and how that would affect nearshore hardbottom . We will also provide an initial analysis of potential structural solutions , including groins , permeable adjustable groins , T- head groins , breakwaters , seawalls , revetments , submerged reefs and PEP reefs . During the scoping meeting for the BPP , the effectiveness of the PEP reefs was discussed . Special consideration will be given to the evaluation of the PEP reefs using the latest available data .