HERE Kansas apartments are shown under construction, Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, as seen looking east from near Memorial Stadium.

Kansas University denied a request to temporarily lease 25 parking spaces to HERE @ Kansas while the development group behind the apartment and retail project near the KU campus seeks options for permanent parking.

The Lawrence City Commission is set to vote today on the development group’s request to fill the apartments to capacity, though its current plans include 25 spaces fewer than what’s required by city law. Allowing the group to fill the apartments to capacity with the condition that it secures spaces from KU was listed as one option for which the City Commission could vote.

Tim Caboni, KU’s vice chancellor for public affairs, sent a letter to city officials Tuesday morning saying KU had denied HERE’s request on Jan. 21.

Caboni said in the letter that KU would not be able to lease any spaces directly to the development group.

Caboni went on to say that any KU student living in the apartment complex — which is just east of Memorial Stadium — could purchase a parking pass, as is the case with any KU student living off campus. KU Parking and Transit could then confirm with the company that the students purchased permits, he said.

The issue is coming to City Hall after HERE developers learned in October that the manufacturer of its planned automated parking garage had filed for bankruptcy protection.

Developers had to think up a new parking plan for the project, which is currently under construction at 1101 and 1115 Indiana St. The group does not yet have the necessary approvals to secure the parking spaces necessary to fill the apartments or allow any occupancy of the retail space on the development’s lower levels.

The remaining options available for commissioners to vote on today are to not allow full occupancy of the project’s apartments until the number of parking spaces meet city code or to permit full capacity of the apartments.

Sandra Day, a city planner working on the issue, said Tuesday afternoon that the staff was working to provide the City Commission with additional options.

“We just got that message,” Day said of KU’s denial. “We’ve been asked to provide more data. We’re scrambling to get it.”

The City Commission will meet at 5:45 p.m. today at City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St.