Since 1996, Taylor Engineering has assisted St. Lucie County with its coastal erosion problems along a 2.3-mile stretch of Fort Pierce Beach. Initial tasks assessed local coastal processes and environmental concerns; revised the inlet sediment budget; achieved local, state, and federal governmental consensus on responsibilities and funding; defined the offshore sand source in the Atlantic Ocean; secured perpetual public-use easements; and established beach fill templates to minimize hardbottom and other environmental impacts. Additionally, Taylor Engineering has monitored the physical and biological aspects of the dredging and beach nourishment project since 1999. In 2002, St. Lucie County and USACE became concerned about: 1) the chronic erosion, due to navigation project effects, experienced by the northernmost 2,200 feet of the project beach and 2) the approaching 2020 end date of the federal government’s participation in the shore protection project. In response, the County engaged Taylor Engineering to prepare a Design Documentation Report addressing the erosional hot spot. Evaluation of erosion mitigation alternatives considered engineering, environmental, permitting, and cost factors. Later, Taylor Engineering prepared a Limited Reevaluation Report (LRR) to update project economics, change the nourishment interval, and include Section 111 inlet impacts in project cost-share allocations. Applying USACE’s planning model Beach-fx, Taylor Engineering completed a draft General Reevaluation Report (GRR) incorporating T-groins as project features and seeking federal participation for a new 50-year period. As a first in the nation effort, we submitted the GRR directly to the Assistant Secretary of the Army, bypassing District, Division, and Headquarter review, by following guidance in WRDA1986 (Section 203) and WRDA2014 (Section 1014(a)). The study identified the National Economic Development (NED) plan and included environmental assessments and impact statements for the dredging and beach placement areas. The Office of Management and Budget approved of the study, and ASA has submitted the report to Congress for authorization in the next WRDA bill.