[GeoStL] St Charles City Parks caches
- From: "G Mail" <mikeinmo1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:56:58 -0600
I was contacted today by the St Charles City Parks Department and then by
the St Charles City Police Department. It seems that one of my Tremendous
Tree caches that the Missouri Botanical Gardens had supposedly received the
proper information for placing caused a bit of a scare yesterday. The tube
that the MBG had placed on the back of the tree signs for the caches was a
PVC pipe w/ caps at both ends. On this cache the tube had been pulled loose
from thee sign and was lying on the ground near the sign. Someone reported
it to the Police and they had the bomb squad out to check it out. Upon
investigation they found out that it was my cache and that there was no
permit for the cache. Here is the actual more important thing. They told me
that there are NO CACHE PERMITS on file for any caches in St Charles City
parks. I was really surprised because I know that some of you with caches in
St Charles City Parks have received permission from someone. It was not the
correct person or you did not follow the correct procedures. The city is
cache friendly but they want their rules followed. There is a procedure to
follow at the following link.
http://www.stcharlesparks.com/tinymce/filemanager/files/geocaching_procedure
.pdf
The Ranger and Police suggested that if you have a cache in a St Charles
City Park, it is not legal and it should be removed until you follow the
proper procedures to get your permit. I told them that I would pass this
information along through this freelist and on the SLAGA web site.
Mike Henthorn
636-866-4644
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