The Portland Landmarks Commission was supposed to vote Monday afternoon on whether the University would be allowed to write “University of Oregon” on the sign atop its Portland satellite campus.
The vote didn’t happen. Rather, the record was left open, leaving the public able to comment and send letters to the commission until April 13. So far, the public has requested a traffic study, a professional historical study and a light glare study, city planner Mark Walhood said.
The commission will meet again to vote on the sign’s wording on April 27.
However, apart from the Landmarks Commission, the University has been involved in talks with Portland City Commissioner Randy Leonard regarding the wording of the sign.
Leonard said he and Jan Oliver, the University’s head of Portland advancement projects, have been discussing the potential for a compromise on the sign’s slogan, which would differ from the proposed “University of Oregon.”
Leonard and University administrators will have an official meeting Tuesday afternoon to decide what the University’s new wording proposal will be.
The Portland City Council will also vote this week on an ordinance to condemn the sign. If that ordinance passes, the city will essentially be buying the sign from its current owner, Ramsay Signs.
The Council will meet Wednesday morning at 9 a.m.
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