Road construction season unofficially has kicked off this month with the start of the city's annual Pavement Overlay Program. Major arterials Northeast Eighth Street, 148th Avenue Northeast and 164th Avenue Northeast are slated for new pavement this summer.

Over the next six months, the city will repave more than 21 miles of roadway, including the restoration of 17 different water and sewer repair sites at various locations throughout the city. Workers will also fix or replace curbs, gutters and sidewalks as needed, and install 96 new curb ramps to make it easier for people with disabilities to get around.

Road construction season unofficially has kicked off this month with the start of the city's annual Pavement Overlay Program. Major arterials Northeast Eighth Street, 148th Avenue Northeast and 164th Avenue Northeast are slated for new pavement this summer.

Over the next six months, the city will repave more than 21 miles of roadway, including the restoration of 17 different water and sewer repair sites at various locations throughout the city. Workers will also fix or replace curbs, gutters and sidewalks as needed, and install 96 new curb ramps to make it easier for people with disabilities to get around.

The City Council on Monday held the first of three public hearings on the 2013-2014 budget and the 2013-2017 capital budget. Also planned are two public forums in June to provide information about the budgets.

The public forums will take place on June 12 at Crossroads Community Center and June 14 at City Hall, 450 110th Ave. NE.

The Bellevue Botanical Garden's newest feature -- a pedestrian suspension bridge that will give visitors an intimate view of the plants, wildlife and forest canopy of a wooded ravine -- will be celebrated with a ribbon-cutting on Sunday, May 13.

The ribbon cutting, at the bridge at 12:30 p.m., will be followed by a Mother's Day Social at the Shorts Visitor Center, 1 to 4 p.m., with light refreshments and music by Interlake High School.

Peamouth, the foot-long minnows that surge into Kelsey Creek every spring, are a featured topic on this month's Lake to Lake, a new news show about Bellevue. The reopening of West Lake Sammamish Parkway, Bellevue's first Heart Week and a youth conference are also covered.

The May episode is the third one so far. The program, aired on Bellevue TV (Channel 21) and the city's YouTube channel, is hosted by a rotating cast of public information officers and produced with help from Bellevue College students. Fire Lt. Troy Donlin is anchor this month.

Tickets to the headline performances at the 2012 Bellevue Jazz Festival, with the Hubert Laws Quintet headlining, are now on sale. Individual ticket prices are $34 ($17 for students). The festival's "Theatre Package" offers the best value, with preferred seating to all three shows for $78.

Tickets will be available for purchase online at bellevuejazz.com or by phone from Brown Paper Tickets at 800-838-3006. The headline performances will be held at the 410-seat Theatre at Meydenbauer Center. Additional headliners are the Clayton Brothers Quintet and Booker T. Jones.