In five to 10 years, you might not even recognize the Sun City -- that's according to city leaders after El Paso voters approved the biggest bond election in the city's history Tuesday.

Now, with the voters behind them, city officials are rolling up their sleeves and hitting the drawing board to map out plans for the projects that will change the entire landscape of El Paso.

Mayor John Cook and City Manager Joyce Wilson thanked voters for believing in them and having a vision of a brighter future for the Sun City. The results from Tuesday night's election were historic for the overwhelming margin with which the bonds passed. Between the three propositions, the average of El Pasoan's voting for the bonds was 70 percent.

"Today is the first day of the rest of our life, and we are going to be very busy mobilizing and putting the implementation plan in place," said Wilson.

Now, the city is putting the wheels in motion for the $473 million in bonds approved by voters, laying out a 12-year plan. Some improvements will be visible, quickly. The city said Parks and Rec reation has its plans in place and will be able to execute them very soon. Some improvements to the zoo, libraries, existing museums and the Fox Plaza will also begin on the earlier side.

Other projects, like the soccer stadium, aquatic center, children's museum and multipurpose entertainment center, will take longer. But the city said it is getting the ball rolling on those signature projects right away, looking at possible sites and land acquisition.

"You can't do them all at once, and you have to do them right. We want to be able to have great design, great location, good participation with effective stakeholders," said Wilson.

Wilson said staff will be looking at some of the premier designs of facilities in other cities.

The next step will be for City Council to accept the bond's passed by voters. They will also have to approve the increase in the Hotel Occupancy Tax rate to 2 percent.

City Council members will also be appointing citizens to oversight committees to be in charge of the various projects.

Cook said the city is committed to transparency, and the oversight committees will be needed to make sure that visions for the projects are seen through completion, because the city's administration and leaders will change over the course of the 12-year plan.