RAY, ELLIS & LABRIE CONSULTING, LLC

 

PRESERVATION & TAX INCENTIVES

CERTIFIED REHABILITATIONS:

Federal and State historic rehabilitation tax incentives are available for any qualified project that the Secretary of the Interior designates as a certified rehabilitation of a certified historic structure. To qualify, property owners must complete the appropriate Historic Preservation Certification Applications.

 

We specialize in helping developers and architects navigate the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation, as well as the needs of the certifying agencies.

 

Using both State and Federal credits, credits equaling 45% of rehabilitation costs can be achieved. These credits can in turn be sold generating money used for upfront costs of the project.

 

 

 

 

 

NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATIONS:

The National Register of Historic Places is a list of U.S. places of significance in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture on a national, state, or local level; places may be a district, site, building, structure, or object; established in 1935 by Act of Congress, partially rejuvenated in 1960, and expanded by the National Historic Preservation Ac t of 1966, as amended. This list is maintained by the National Park Service.

 

Our firm specializes in National Register Nominations that are a prerequisite for a certified rehabilitation for tax incentives.

 

 

DESIGN GUIDELINES:

Design Guidelines are Recommendations for control of new construction, as well as alterations and additions to existing buildings and structures, in historic towns or districts; typically adopted and published by the local regulating agency.

 

We have co / authored more than 10 sets of design guidelines in Georgia and South Carolina. As well, our staff has been consultants for cities in need of assistance during their review process.

SECTION 106 & ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW :

Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA) requires Federal agencies to take into account the effects of their undertakings on historic properties, and afford the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation a reasonable opportunity to comment. The NHPA is often linked with the National Environmental Policy Act requiring the evaluation of relevant environmental effects of a federal project or action undertaking on aspects of the environment, which includes historic and cultural resources.

 

We are able to identify and evaluate effects on historic and cultural resources for the Section 106 Process, as well as provide Effects Determinations. If necessary Memorandum of Agreements stipulating Mitigation measures may be authored. Our subcontractor, Cypress Cultural Consultants is 1.06b prequalified with the Georgia Department of Transportation for "History" involvement in the NEPA process.

 

 

HISTORIC STRUCTURE REPORTS:

A historic structure report provides documentary, graphic, and physical information about a property's history, and existing condition. Recognized by the National Park Service, State Historic Preservation Offices, other Federal, and Private agencies as an effective part of preservation planning, a historic structure report also addresses management for the use / re-use of the property. Historic Structure Reports may be necessary for Section 106 mitigation, demolition of historic structures, or use of Federal funds for a project involving historic resources.

 

 

 

HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEYS:

There are several context studies in Georgia that classify the architecture endemic to the state, as well as the southeastern United States. Some of these context studies are published as: Georgia's Living Places, Tilling the Earth, and The Ranch House in Georgia.

 

We have identified, documented, and classified over 10,000 individual properties in the southeast.