Kan. Stat. § 14-2001
Any city of the second class and owning land, including any land, part or all of which is used in connection with any municipal utility, inside or outside its corporate limits, may develop and use part or all of such land for park and recreational purposes and incidental uses and hereby is granted the same police power over said territory as though it were within the corporate limits of said city. Such city may lease portions of such land at sufferance, at will or for years for private camping or cabin sites and incidental uses, and for a golf course or courses, and club houses and facilities used in connection therewith; and such leasehold, but not the city's reversionary interest, shall be subject to taxation: Provided, That every such lease shall provide that the lessee shall at its own expense, construct and install all of the facilities and improvements to be occupied and used by it under such lease, upon such terms, conditions and control as the governing body of the city may require. Operations under this act shall be deemed to be within such city's governmental capacity and liability.
K.S.A. 14-2001