A new year traditionally calls for new resolutions and desires, including wishes for a community. The Peninsula Beacon asked three local community leaders both what they would like to see happen locally and what they know is going to happen in the coming year — in their own words. Councilman Kevin Faulconer Dock opening: “We’re going to have a great opening of the NTC Park — the final phase of about 46 acres — in the coming months. One of the things I’m working on in conjunction with that is opening up the dock there for public use and public enjoyment. That’s going to take work with the city and the Navy and working with our community. I started that process and I intend to finish that here in the next couple months, because we really need to have that area opened as a water feature, a destination for water taxis and public enjoyment. Methane gas: “One thing we’re going to see is moving forward on recycling the methane gas from the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant and generating renewable energy without having to use trucks through our neighborhoods. It’s great for the environment, the city will make money, and we protected our neighborhoods in the process. All the construction will start this year.” Denny Knox, Ocean Beach MainStreet Association Better business: “I would like to see our businesses start to really come out of this recession and really experience if not a surge, then a leveling out of business, so that they can depend on a stable economy. I’d like the government to get off small business’ back and let them operate and not ‘fee’ them to death.” Businesses better: “The businesses that have survived the last year are going to run a lot more efficiently this coming year because they have really worked on their businesses to stay alive this last year. They’ve really trimmed expenses and come up with some really creative ideas to promote their businesses.” Jim Musgrove, president, OB Town Council Beach-y keen: “I would like to see the continued cleanup of our beaches and that the fire rings stay. Because of budgetary cuts, they’re talking about taking (fire rings) out citywide. I know that the residents of Ocean Beach are going to be very active in the continued cleanup and the efforts to keep the fire rings in place.”