Navy Cleanup Forces Dozens to Move on Treasure Island

The affected residents of the six targeted buildings will meet with Treasure Island officials Tuesday night to learn details of the relocation plan and to express concerns about the effort.

About 24 households, including that of 10-year Treasure Island residents Lucinda and Paris Hayes, must be moved so that the Navy can do toxic cleanup work in the waste disposal site beneath their homes. Photo: Michael Macor, The Chronicle

(SAN FRANCISCO) - About two dozen families are being forced from their Treasure Island homes so the Navy can clean up toxic material buried in the old waste disposal site beneath the townhouse units.

"A letter we got last week was the first we heard of it," said Paris Hayes, who has lived in his Bayside Drive unit for more than 10 years.

The residents will be moved out in stages, with the first group leaving in April and the last gone by July.

The affected residents of the six targeted buildings will meet with Treasure Island officials Tuesday night to learn details of the relocation plan and to express concerns about the effort. While the island is owned by the Navy, there is an agreement once the cleanup is completed to turn it over to the city for a $1.5 billion residential-commercial development.

"We've already gotten more than a dozen e-mails or calls," said Bob Beck, the city official who is director of Treasure Island. "We're already planning to have a larger meeting next Wednesday (Dec. 11) to answer questions from all island residents."

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