If the alignment of Sound Transit's light rail line through Bellevue is of interest to you (see thispost by reporter Mike Lindblom), you'll want to know about two meetings next week to discuss the plan:

• On Monday, Nov. 16, the Bellevue City Council will hold a study session on the alignment, and a Sound Transit project manager will discuss the agency's preferred downtown route alternative and other options being studied. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. in Room 1E-113, on the first floor of Bellevue City Hall, 450 110th Ave. N.E. If you can't make it, you can watch a live broadcast of the meeting on Bellevue Television (Channel 21 on cable, or via the Internet), or look for the video online (again, on Bellevue TV) after it has been posted.
• On Wednesday, Nov. 18, Sound Transit will hold a public workshop on the East Link project from 4 to 7 p.m. (with a presentation at 5 p.m.) in Bellevue City Hall's first-floor concourse. It's a chance to give your input during the preliminary engineering phase of the project.