Pineview Park was created by neighbors in the late 1960’s and, along with Tom Green Park, has been governed by a neighborhood volunteer park board since its inception. The land for the park was deeded to the County and generous neighborhood residents donated money to design and then develop the bare land into a neighborhood park. The park consisted of 3 tennis courts, 2 playground areas, a picnic shelter and shed, and in the northeast corner a basketball court (a baseball diamond was added later). They installed lights, picnic tables, and fencing. They dug out a depression for the ice rink, and left grassy spaces for playing and walking. Just after the land was deeded to Missoula County and the park developed, a Rural Special Improvement District (RSID) was established in 1972 assessing 600 residents an annual amount for park maintenance. The original RSID boundary ran roughly from Lolo Street north to Creek Crossing and goes east to Mount Jumbo and west to Waterworks hill. Throughout the park's history, the park has been maintained by the annual monies brought in through this RSID.

Over the years, as the City of Missoula expanded around Pineview Park, the county park remained deeded to the county. Eventually, homeowners surrounding the park and beyond were annexed to the City making the park situation a bit of an anomoly.  Pineview Park had become a county park within city limits, run by a volunteer park board. Pineview is not a city park and does not receive support, capital improvements or maintenance from the City. The Park has a hired maintenance person who picks up leaves, weed whacks, empties trash, mends fences and does repairs to the park. Missoula Parks and Recreation mows the grass and maintains the irrigation system in exchange for the use of the park during summer days for their Kids in Action Program.

At the time of annexation, the Pineview Park Board and the City conducted a survey to determine if the RSID members wanted to continue their RSID and therefore retain control of the park, even though it would mean double taxation (RSID plus their new City park taxes). The RSID members voted by over 80% to keep the County RSID and govern the park through the park board.

In the last few years, however, the County, largely for liability reasons, has wanted to give the park over to the City. The maintenance RSID is not adequate for second generation equipment replacement or capital improvements, and the County cannot afford the investments. Neither can the City. Hence the Bond Proposal discussed under Bond Issues on this website. 

The park continues to serve Rattlesnake valley residents despite the elimination of components of the playground, the deteriorating condition of the amenities, and the considerable new expenses of mitigating fire danger in Tom Green Park. The park board meets seasonally, monthly, or weekly, according to needs, and strives to make improvements and maintain the beauty and tranquility of Pineview for all Rattlesnake valley residents.