EMS Line of Duty Death Memorial - Commemorative Work Addition Request

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Image. Foundation logo. Courtesy of the EMS LODD Memorial Foundation. 

On January 9, 2025, Adam S. Harvey, President and Founder of the Minnesota State EMS Line of Duty Death (LODD) Memorial Foundation, applied to add a new commemorative work on the Capitol grounds to honor emergency medical services (EMS) personnel who lost their lives in service. Review of the application is underway at CAAPB, following the process outlined in Minnesota Rules 2400.2703, Subpart 3.  

Description 

The memorial seeks to foster public appreciation and provides a space for reflection and remembrance for the EMS professionals who lost their lives in the line of duty. Beyond this, the addition request seeks to: (1) complete a “public service triad” on the State Capitol Mall in complementing the Peace Officers and Firefighters’ memorials; and (2) highlight Minnesota’s innovations in pre-hospital care since 1960. The application also calls for incorporating the seals of the eleven federally recognized Tribal Nations sharing borders with Minnesota into the memorial’s final design in acknowledgment of Tribal Nations’ contributions to emergency medicine across the state. 

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  • Latest Updates

    The CAAP Board approved a site on the Capitol Mall for the addition request on June 4, 2026. The site is on the Lower Mall between the Firefighter’s memorial and the Veterans’ Service Building. It includes the former site of the USS Ward Gun and adjacent greenspace to the north.  

    EMS Site ariel

    Image. Approved Site for the Addition Request. 

    EMS Site photo

    Image. Approved site for the addition request with the Firefighters’ memorial in the background.  

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  • Next Steps

    The Board authorizes staff to begin the next steps in the application review process, as defined in M.R. 2400.2703, Subpart 3: (1) drafting a design framework document and (2) assembling a Design Review Group to select a design, designer, or design concept through a competitive process.  

    Design is the final stage of the application and review process. It is a multi-step process.  

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  • Timeline

    June 4, 2026: Board approves a site for the future memorial and authorizes staff to begin design review  

    April 23, 2026: Staff and Advisor finalization of recommended site 

    April 8-21, 2026: ADMIN review and comment on two final candidate sites 

    March 5, 2026: Meeting of the Site Selection Steering Committee 

    January 11, 2026: Weekly Tribal Leaders’/TSR Governor’s Office Call (Tribal outreach) 

    January 5, 2026: MIAC Public Presentation Day (Tribal outreach) 

    October 3, 2025: Board approves site selection study 

    July 16, 2025: Public hearing held 

    June 9-July 10, 2025: Public comment period underway 

    May 23, 2025: CAAP Board votes to authorize Staff to open of a 30-day public comment period and host of one public hearing on the application  

    March 7-May 23, 2025: CAAPB Staff analyzes the application under M. R. 2400.2703, Subpart 2 (“Conditions for Adding New Artwork”); Staff submits this report to Board and posts these findings publicly 

    March 7, 2025: CAAPB Staff finds application complete and informs applicant 

    February 19, 2025: Revised application received 

    January 16, 2025: CAAPB Staff finds submission incomplete and informs applicant of this determination 

    January 9, 2025: Application received 

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  • Resources

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  • Contact

    Inquiries about this application or the general commemorative works application and review process can be sent to: 

    Ella Coon
    Planning Fellow
    Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board
    Ella.Coon@state.mn.us
    651-757-1508

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