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CPE will document beach nourishment projects constructed, including the Sector 3 project constructed <br /> from May 2010 through March 2012. <br /> CPE will develop a sediment budget and alongshore transport rate for the entire length of the County. <br /> Net sediment transport rates at the north end of the County (Sebastian Inlet) will be based upon <br /> literature. CPE will evaluate whether diffusion from beach nourishment projects will need to be <br /> removed from the longshore transport analysis in order to determine longshore transport due to wave <br /> driven transport. A comparison of the longshore transport rates determined from this analytic analysis <br /> of volumetric changes will be compared to numerically modeled longshore transport, discussed later in <br /> this scope. <br /> CPE will incorporate environmental data from monitoring reports developed following the 2008 BPP. <br /> This is expected to primarily include monitoring of the Sector 3 Beach and Dune Restoration project. <br /> Task 2: Public Meetings <br /> Following an update of the beach conditions, CPE will hold a public meeting/planning charette in Vero <br /> Beach to explain the goals and objectives of update to the BPP and to solicit public input into potential <br /> beach management strategies. A summary of public comments will be included in the BPP. <br /> A second public meeting will be held following development of the beach management strategies and <br /> completion of the strategy modeling. <br /> Task 3: Sector Boundaries and Beach Management Strategies <br /> CPE will review the boundaries of the various Sectors (1 through 8) within the County. The delineation <br /> of these sectors will be evaluated with respect to dominant coastal processes, historical shoreline <br /> changes, projected bluff location in 30 years, upland development, and environmental resources. The <br /> boundaries will be left as is for consistency purposes unless there is a significant need to change them, <br /> such as a different beach management strategy being employed within the sector. <br /> Various beach management strategies will be evaluated for each sector. This may include but not be <br /> limited to no action, beach restoration, dune restoration, coastal structures, and sand bypassing. <br /> Regulatory and environmental constraints associated with the various strategies will be considered. A <br /> generalized strategy will be recommended for each section. <br /> While all sectors will be evaluated, it is anticipated that Sectors 3, 5 and 7 will be the areas that will <br /> require greater focus with respect to management strategies, based on the previous Beach <br /> Preservation Plan and a review of ongoing efforts. We will develop preliminary alternatives to assess a <br /> given strategy, such as examining the dune or beach nourishment volume required to provide a given <br /> level of protection and how that would affect nearshore hardbottom. We will also provide an initial <br /> analysis of potential structural solutions, including groins, permeable adjustable groins, T-head groins, <br /> breakwaters, seawalls, revetments, submerged reefs and PEP reefs. During the scoping meeting for <br /> the BPP, the effectiveness of the PEP reefs was discussed. Special consideration will be given to the <br /> evaluation of the PEP reefs using the latest available data. <br /> 31 <br />