{"id":66056,"date":"2022-03-26T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/framinghamsource.com\/?p=66056"},"modified":"2022-03-27T13:53:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T17:53:46","slug":"with-covid-restrictions-ended-framingham-youth-council-sets-goals-to-hold-youth-summit-and-find-solutions-to-keefe-tech-pool-closure-parking-at-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/framinghamsource.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/26\/with-covid-restrictions-ended-framingham-youth-council-sets-goals-to-hold-youth-summit-and-find-solutions-to-keefe-tech-pool-closure-parking-at-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"With COVID Restrictions Ended, Framingham Youth Council Sets Goals To Hold Youth Summit And Find Solutions To Keefe Tech Pool Closure & Parking at High School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
By Ashlyn Kelly<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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FRAMINGHAM – Framingham Youth Council discussed subcommittee assignments <\/a><\/strong>and goals or ideas for the council to work on, during its meeting Feb. 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first goal Youth Council Chair Chloe Mills brought up was continuing the work of creating a youth summit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mills said the original plan got \u201cunneccessarily complicated\u201d but the Council will \u201crework it\u201d to \u201cget it to be as helpful for everyone as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were hoping to host a lot of youth in Framingham and to have everyone share all of their ideas about what is wrong with the city and what they want to change,” Mills added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the summit, the Council would then narrow down all the ideas \u201cand focus on a couple to specifically work on and try to push for the City Council.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another idea that was brought up was discussing the Keefe Tech pool closing at the council\u2019s next meeting.\u00a0 SOURCE first reported on the Keefe Tech pool closing this summer on February 8.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final goal that was discussed was creating more parking at Framingham High School. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an interview, Mills said she would \u201clike to focus on more outreach and getting things out to the city’s youth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe say we are here to represent our peers, but they don’t really know we’re there right now,\u201d Mills said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mills said the Youth Council also wants to finish up some existing projects, such as lowering the municipal voting age in the City of Framingham<\/a><\/strong> to 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hamza Rifki, vice chair of the council, said he wants the Council to be \u201cmore efficient, and to also meet more consistently, and set and complete projects by the end of our terms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Youth Council was created in 2019 by then Framingham High senior Isabella Petroni, who authored the ordinance. The City Council passed the legislation in spring 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Council has 13 members, one from each of the City’s 9 Districts appointed by the District City Councilor, two at-large members appointed by each of the elected At-Large City Councilors, and two additional at-large members appointed by the Mayor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The District Youth Councilors serve a 1-year term from July 1 to June 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The at-large Youth Councilors serve a 2-year term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mills is an at-large Councilor who was re-appointed by Councilor George P. King Jr. in 2021. Her term ends on June 30, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Ordinance passed by the 11-member City Council to create the Youth Council, its and responsibilities include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n