ARE
ARE WORRIED STUDENTS ARE BEHIND CONSIDERING SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN
CLOSED.
CLOSED.
CLOSED. WE LIKE TO BRAG IN TEXAS BUT
HERE IS ONE STATISTIC NOBODY
LIKES.
LIKES.
LIKES. THE POSITIVITY RATE FOR COVID-
19 CASES IN AUSTIN IS THE
HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY.
THAT MEANS OF THE NUMBER OF
COVID TESTS GIVEN IN AUSTIN
MORE PEOPLE HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE.
THE MAYOR IS CONSIDERING A
MONTH LONG SHUT DOWN AND AUSTIN
CITY LIMITS IS CANCELED AND
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE UT
FOOTBALL PROGRAM A LITTLE LATER
THIS FALL?
THIS FALL? INSIDE TEXAS POLITICS BEGINS IN
THE CAPITOL CITY WITH THE MAYOR
STEVE ADLER.
STEVE ADLER. MAYOR THANKS FOR THE TIME.
LET'S START WITH THIS 35 DAY
STAY-AT-HOME ORDER YOU ARE
DISCUSSING.
DISCUSSING. IS THERE SUPPORT FOR THAT?
WHY THAT NUMBER OF DAYS?
>> I AM CERTAINLY THROWING IT
OUT TO SEE IF THERE CAN BE SOME
SUPPORT FOR IT.
WHAT WE ASKED THE MODELERS AND
THE SCIENTISTS TO SALVE IS WHAT
IS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TIME WE
WOULD HAVE TO TWO TO SHUTDOWN
IF WE WERE TO GO TO SHUTDOWN
AND COME OUT OF IT WITH A SET
DAY THAT PEOPLE WOULD KNOW AND
COME OUT OF IT SO THAT SCHOOLS
COULD OPEN IN THE FALL SO WE
COULD GET A RESTART, A SECOND
CHANCE ON HOW YOU OPEN UP THE
ECONOMY.
ECONOMY.
ECONOMY. THIS TIME TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THE LESSONS THAT WERE LEARNED
IN MAY AND JUNE AND REALIZE
THAT WE WANT TO OPEN UP THE
ECONOMY BUT IT WILL LOOK
DIFFERENT THAN IT LOOKED BACK
IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.
35 DAYS WAS THE MINIMUM NUMBER
OF DAYS THE MODELERS SET AND WE
WOULD NEED TO GO TO SHUTDOWN TO
TAMP BACK THE VIRUS TO BE IN A
STRONG POSITION TO OPEN UP THE
ECONOMY WITH SIGNIFICANTLY
GREATER CONTROLS MET FOR SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
DISTANCING. >> WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT
MAKE THAT DECISION?
>> RIGHT NOW THE TRAJECTORY IN
AUSTIN WOULD INDICATE TO US IF
WE DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE
TRAJECTORY WE ARE ON WE COULD
RUN OUT OF HOSPITAL CAPACITY IN
THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
ICUS POTENTIALLY BEFORE THAT.
WE HAVE GIVEN THE ORDER TO
START OPENING UP THE CONVENTION
CENTER AS A FIELD HOSPITAL.
SO THESE NUMBERS ARE GOING UP.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS NOT
DISSIMILAR TO WHAT IS HAPPENING
IN HOUSTON AND DALLAS AND IN
SAN ANTONIO.
SAN ANTONIO. >> YEAH, STATEWIDE INDEED.
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC THOUGH
LET'S TALK ABOUT CITY HALL.
AUSTIN WAS LOOKING AT A
BALANCED BUDGET AND THE
CORONAVIRUS CAME AND HIT.
A WEEK FROM MONDAY COUNCIL WILL
GET ITS FIRST LOOK AT THE
PROPOSED BUDGET IS MY
UNDERSTANDING.
UNDERSTANDING. CAN YOU GIVE ME AN
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT KIND OF
SHORTFALL YOU ANTICIPATE THE
BUDGET HAVING NOW AND WILL THAT
MEAN YOU KNOW POTENTIAL SALARY
CUTS?
CUTS?
CUTS? LAYOFFS OR REDUCED SERVICES?
>> YOU KNOW, WE WILL GET THE
MANAGER'S BUDGET ON JULY 13th.
AND THAT WILL LAY OUT A LOT OF
THOSE ANSWERS FOR US WHEN WE
HEAR FROM THE FINANCE PEOPLE
SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.
THE ESTIMATE, I THINK WAS ABOUT
$40 MILLION UPSIDE DOWN.
THIS FISCAL YEAR MAYBE ANOTHER
25 BILLION UPSIDE DOWN AND NEXT
FISCAL YEAR AND THAT WAS EARLY
AND THAT WAS, I THINK, WHEN
PEOPLE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE
GETTING BACK INTO A MORE NORMAL
FLOW SOONER THAN IT LOOKS LIKE
WE WILL.
WE WILL.
WE WILL. WE HAVE NOT HAD TO DISCUSS
LAYING OFF ANYONE AT THIS POINT
AND I HOPE THAT IS SOMETHING WE
DON'T HAVE TO DO.
>> OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THE THINGS
YOU HAVE HAPPENED IN AUSTIN,
SOUTHWEST WAS CANCELED MOST
RECENTLY WE HEARD ABOUT AUSTIN
CITY LIMITS BEING CANCELED AND
TAKING A TOLL ON EVERYTHING
FROM SALES TAX TO HOTEL
OCCUPANCY TAX.
OCCUPANCY TAX. UT FOOTBALL COME THIS FALL.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO
HAPPEN WITH 95,000 FANS IN THE
STADIUM.
STADIUM.
STADIUM. WILL THAT BE OPENED, DO YOU
THINK GAMES WILL BE PLAYED
THERE?
THERE?
THERE? >>
THERE? >> I CAN'T IMAGINE A WORLD
WITHOUT A VACCINE.
WHERE YOU PUT 95,000 PEOPLE IN
A STADIUM.
A STADIUM. ONE OF THE REASON TO DO THAT IS
IF YOU HAVE 100 PEOPLE OUT OF
95,000 THAT ARE SICK AND RIGHT
NOW IN OUR CITY EFFECTITY RATE
IS NORTH OF 10%.
95,000 PEOPLE IN THERE, YOU
WILL HAVE MORE THAN TEN
THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT ARE SICK.
THEY ARE MILLING ABOUT WITH
OTHERS AND WHEN EVERYBODY GOES
HOME THAT NIGHTS, WHO WAS IT
THAT WAS AT THAT GAME THAT DID
NOT COME INTO CONTACT WITH
SOMEBODY THAT HAS THE VIRUS,
WOULDN'T BE VERY MANY.
IF YOU END UP WITH A GAME LIKE
THAT WHERE YOU HAVE 20 OR
30,000 PEOPLE, THAT ARE
INFECTED YOU ARE IN A WORLD OF
HURT SO I DON'T SEE 95,000.
MAYBE IF IT WAS SPACED OUT BUT
BOY, THAT IS A HARD THING TO DO
AND FRANKLY I AM NOT SURE HOW
TEENS GET THROUGH AN ENTIRE
FALL IN THAT KIND OF PROXIMITY
AND KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE SO I AM
FOCUSED ON THE NEXT TWO WEEKS,
THREE WEEKS IN AUSTIN.
>> OF COURSE WE ARE LOOKING
AWAYS DOWN THE ROAD.
MAYOR THANKS FOR THE