As Moody Street continues to grow into a dining destination for the greater Boston area, the problem of finding adequate parking grows along with it. The idea of valet parking in the downtown is nothing new, but all previous efforts to do so have failed.

Now, a determined group of restaurateurs and downtown business people are working together to put together a proposal that could win the support of city officials and be implemented in the city.

“I think all the owners on Moody Street feel the same -- parking is a big issue,” said Lou Giovanetti, owner of Charcoal Guido’s, 482 Moody St.

“To a certain extent, there are a bunch of us in the same boat. We want to have a lot of people, we want the restaurants to be full. If people choose to go somewhere else because parking is too difficult, it hurts us all,” said Lorena Moynihan, manager at Charcoal Guido’s.

Last Wednesday, a group of about 30 Moody Street restaurant and business owners, along with city officials, met to discuss the possibility of valet parking on Moody Street and if it would bring additional parking and a benefit to customers.

The meeting was organized by the Downtown Waltham Partnership. DWP Vice President Doug Waybright said everyone at the meeting quickly concluded that valet parking would add parking spots to the downtown, by taking away one or two on the street for a dozen or more on an off-site location.

He said, however, that having the valet area on Moody Street itself probably wouldn't work.

The problem is what if three cars show up at the same time. You’ve got people double parked on Moody Street,” he said.

The biggest obstacle, according to Waybright, was hammering down the details of where those valet spaces should be and where the cars should be taken to. He said any plan going forward would likely incorporate using one of the side streets off of Moody Street for people to drop off their cars to valets.

“Moody is very heavily trafficked, but unlike a lot of other valet areas, the side streets are very underutilized,” Waybright said.

He said the next step is for DWP to get together with Wayne Brasco, the owner of Brasco & Sons funeral home on Moody Street and one of the people spearheading the valet parking initiative downtown, and formulate a proposal to go to the city traffic commission. That is something Waybright hopes to accomplish in the next few months.

Moynihan said she believed Charcoal Guido’s and other restaurants on Moody Street would be willing to chip in and pay for a valet company to run a service on Moody Street.

“Any solution that could bring more people to Moody Street as an eating destination is good for everyone in the area,” she said.