A recent survey of Lawrence residents shows strong support for investing in streets and other public infrastructure, as well as public safety facilities. But it shows considerably less support for spending public money on arts and culture, parks and recreation facilities or “economic impact” initiatives.

Those findings, and many more, are part of a report that will be presented to the Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday night.

The city commissioned the survey to measure public satisfaction with the quality of city services and to get feedback about budget priorities. The survey of 1,330 households was conducted by an Olathe-based consulting firm, ETC Institute, which said it had a margin of error of about 2.7 percent.

Commissioner Matthew Herbert said he wasn’t surprised by the findings, especially regarding public infrastructure.

“I think we did a really good job responding to that,” he said. “If you look at the 2016 budget, we massively increased the capital improvement fund, which is where a lot of that comes from. I think we responded appropriately with our budget.”

According to the survey, 88 percent of those who offered an opinion ranked spending on public infrastructure as either their first, second or third priority. Developing public safety facilities, such as a new police headquarters, got support from 52 percent.

Lowest on the priority list, with only 29 percent support, was public spending on arts and culture. Thirty-one percent mentioned developing parks and recreation facilities, and 38 percent mentioned economic development.

The survey also showed Lawrence residents are generally more satisfied with the quality of life in the city than they were in 2007, when a similar study was done. That was not the case in a similar survey of residents in the Kansas City metropolitan area, or the nation as a whole.

But there were varying opinions about the quality of specific services provided by the city. Of those who offered an opinion, 89 percent said they were either satisfied or very satisfied with the city’s police, fire and emergency medical services, as well as trash and yard waste services.

Slightly fewer, 82 percent, gave positive marks for the city’s water service.

Ranking at the bottom was Lawrence’s code enforcement program, but the survey did not indicate whether that was because residents felt there was too much, or too little, enforcement of zoning and building codes.

“It could be because they don’t like the rental program we did last year,” Mayor Jeremy Farmer said, referring to an ordinance passed last year expanding the rental licensing program to cover all rental property.

In addition to discussion of the survey results, commissioners also will hear a report from city auditor Michael Eglinski about the city’s financial performance and local area economic indicators.

The commission meets at 5:45 p.m. at City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St.