波士頓市議會議長林乃肯（Bill Linehan)為聽取民意，組成“2024夏季奧運特別委員會“，將於三月六日（週五）早上十點半，在市議會議事廳召開第一次公聽會。
林乃肯將出任主席，已指派吳弭（Michelle Wu），席歐莫（Mark Ciommo），貝克（Frank Baker），麥卡習（Timothy McCarthy），歐馬利（Matt O'Malley），傑克森（Tito Jackson）等人進委員會。
預定三月六日早上十點半在波士頓市政府大樓市議會議事廳舉行的第一次公聽會，將有波士頓2024報告，帶動討論，並容許市議員們表達民眾關切事項。
委員會也將從波士頓市爭取主辦2024夏季奧運的角度，來考慮相關議題，並進行調查，包括要確保整個社區過程的確是開放供所有人參加，主辦夏季奧運動波士頓市的經濟衝擊有多大，承辦這活動對波市的鄰里社區影響多大等。
林乃肯表示，波士頓不見得需要辦這一比賽，但他想問，為什麼不可以，尤其是波士頓是和奧運其實頗有淵源，1896年奧運在雅典舉行時，是波士頓運動員率領美國得勝。如今聞名世界的波士頓馬拉松賽也是從1897年起，波士頓仿1896奧運活動，從1897年開始舉辦的。
Council President Linehan announces Committee on 2024 Summer
Olympics
Council
President Linehan announces the formation of a Special Committee on the 2024 Summer
Olympics. Councilor Linehan will Chair the committee and has appointed
Councilors Ciommo, Baker, Jackson, McCarthy, Wu, and O’Malley as members.
The
Committee will hold its first hearing Friday, March 6th at 10:30a.m.
in the Iannella Chambers at City Hall. The Council will hear a presentation
from Boston 2024 to initiate the discussion and give the Council an opportunity
to vet concerns.
The
Committee will concern itself with issues regarding the City of Boston’s bid to
host the 2024 Summer Olympics. Some of the issues the Committee will
investigate include; insuring the community process is open to all, the
economic impact of hosting the Summer Olympics Games for the City, and what effect
hosting the Olympic Games will have on the City’s neighborhoods.
The Committee
will perform the due diligence needed to determine the feasibility of hosting
the 2024 Summer Olympics as well as weigh the possible advantages and/or
disadvantages of hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics, by working with 2024 to
craft an Olympic bid that will work for Boston.
The Committee will act as an alternative and objective
voice to the 2024 Olympic bid presented by the City. Council President Linehan
has stated: “This Committee will act as an additional opportunity for
neighborhood process and participation. I truly believe that the experienced
members of this Committee will put in the necessary work to help guide this
effort and decide what is best for Boston and all its residents.”
Councilor
President Linehan added, Boston does not need the games, but I have to ask the
question “why can’t we host the games?”. The City of Boston has an Olympic
legacy. In 1896 at the first modern Olympics in Athens, U.S.A. athletes from
Boston led the charge to victory.
In addition, the Olympic Marathon distance run in 1896
was emulated in Boston the following year in 1897, what we all have come to
know and love as “The Boston Marathon”, a tribute to the first games that
continues.
I believe we need to look hard at our ability, capacity
and execute with the intention of being Boston Strong.
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