Bills that would allow a nonprofit to set up parking fees, oversee freight and passenger deliveries, and make other traffic rules in Waikiki won final passage from the Honolulu City Council on Wednesday.

The two bills now go to Mayor Kirk Caldwell for his consideration.

Bill 63 allows a special improvement district to be set up specifically for traffic management, while Bill 64 actually establishes the Waikiki Traffic Management Special Improvement District No. 4, an area bounded by Ala Wai Canal, Kapahulu Avenue and the shoreline. Both bills were introduced by Councilman Trevor Ozawa, who represents the region.

Rick Egged, president of the Waikiki Improvement Asso­ciation, said the approvals mark the start of a major effort. “The No. 1 thing that these bills do is allow us to have kind of a community effort to plan traffic management and mitigation efforts going forward in Waikiki,” he said.

A group known as the Waikiki Transportation Management Association, an offshoot of the Waikiki Improvement Association, has already been meeting since 2015.

Robert Finley, chairman of the Waikiki Neighborhood Board, and Gareth Sakakida, managing director of the Hawaii Transportation Association, which represents trucking and passenger carrier companies, also testified in favor of the bills.

Ozawa said Waikiki has so many transportation challenges that it takes a partnership of community, private sector and government interests to address them. “So I think that this is a good partnership,” he said.

Council Zoning Chairwoman Kymberly Pine said the idea makes sense. “We need to start to recognize that we just can’t keep affording to do what we’re doing every day,” she said. “We do need to seek outside partnerships … to help the city function a little better.”

The Waikiki Improvement Association is providing $100,000 in seed money. Rather than use property taxes or special assessments, the nonprofit would then rely on a split of the revenues collected from parking and other transportation-related revenues. Private and government donations and grants also would be sought.

Also at its monthly meeting Wednesday, the Council gave the first of three approvals to three bills aimed at expanding the city’s controversial sit-lie ban aimed at the homeless.

Bill 83, introduced by Councilwoman Ann Koba^­yashi, would prohibit people from sitting or lying on public sidewalks near schools and public libraries between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.

Bill 87, introduced by Councilman Ernie Martin, would impose an islandwide sit-lie ban between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m.

Bill 88, also introduced by Martin, would expand the sit-lie ban to a portion of Pacific Street in Iwilei, between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m.

Resolution 17-277, also introduced by Martin, urges the Caldwell administration to create safe zones that would “allow homeless individuals to erect a tent without fear of eviction and provide access to restroom facilities, social services and security.” That proposal was not on Wednesday’s agenda but is expected to be heard by the Executive Matters and Legal Affairs Committee in the coming weeks.