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Myers came up with the conservancy’s motto, “Behold the Beauty,” which Haney said captured the spirit of his longtime friend and mentor.

The conservancy expressed some interest it in, but he hasn’t heard anything in a while.

Wallace Cleaves, president of the conservancy’s board, credits traditional stewardship practices — including the removal of 97 fire-prone eucalyptus trees — with reducing the wildfire’s impact.

The school had just completed a new federally funded pavilion for its conservancy, which offered free after-school classes in visual art, dance, theater and music.

Shortly before the June meeting, the city’s public works director told the conservancy that a plan to replace an aging water main along Greenleaf would require trees to be removed.