The 10th edition of Bellevue's sculpture exhibition will stretch beyond Downtown Park and City Hall to include visual arts installations along a three-quarter-mile route through the heart of downtown. The city is accepting submissions for "Bellwether 2010: Art Walk Bellevue," until 5 p.m., Friday, Feb. 26. Entry Information

The 10th edition of Bellevue's sculpture exhibition will stretch beyond Downtown Park and City Hall to include visual arts installations along a three-quarter-mile route through the heart of downtown. The city is accepting submissions for "Bellwether 2010: Art Walk Bellevue," until 5 p.m., Friday, Feb. 26. Entry Information

Also, design work for new street in Bel-Red funded

At its study session on Monday, a majority of the City Council agreed to send a letter to Sound Transit updating its preference for the future East Link light rail route south of downtown. The route, called B7, runs parallel to Interstate 90 across the southern end of Mercer Slough Nature Park, then north along I-405 in the BNSF railroad right of way and 118th Avenue Southeast, east of Mercer Slough.

Matt Terry, Bellevue's director of Planning & Community Development since 1982, has announced his retirement effective June 4.

During his tenure as PCD director, Bellevue evolved from a sleepy suburban city to one of the West Coast's premiere communities, recognized for its vibrant downtown, excellent residential neighborhoods and beautiful parks.

Two years into the process of updating Bellevue's shoreline management regulations, the city continues to gather public input. To make the Shoreline Master Program update easier to understand, city planners provide answers here to commonly asked questions.

 Staff will brief the Planning Commission on the project at the commission meeting tonight (Wednesday), 6:30 p.m. at City Hall in Room 1E-113.

To help improve cardiac arrest survival in King County, the Bellevue and Kent police departments will participate in a two-year initiative that will equip patrol vehicles with automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and dispatch them to cardiac arrest calls along with emergency medical responders.