[GeoStL] Re: St Charles City Parks caches
- From: Glenn <potbellystove@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:04:32 -0600
Did they happen to give you an official list of parks governed by the city?
Which parks and how many caches are involved?
When I get in a note posting mood I could pop some notes on the caches.
Glenn
On Jan 31, 2012, at 12:56 PM, G Mail wrote:
> 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
>
Glenn
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