S&P Global Ratings assigned its 'AA+' long-term rating to Denver City and County, Colo.'s anticipated $246.325 million series 2023 certificates of participation (COPs). At the same time, S&P Global Ratings affirmed its 'AAA' rating on the city's outstanding GO bonds and its 'AA+' long-term and underlying rating (SPUR) on the city's various COPs and lease-secured obligations. We also affirmed our 'AA+' rating on debt issued by the Denver Housing Authority (DHA) but secured by a pledge from Denver City&County to annually levy and appropriate an affordable housing millage that will support the debt, and our 'AA+/A-1' ratings on Denver's 2008 A1-A3 variable-rate COPs with a JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. (A+/Stable/A-1) credit facility. The outlook is stable. The COPs