The Authority’s Board of Directors certified the Final EIR/EIS under CEQA on May 3, 2012, at the Fresno Convention Center. The Board also approved the Hybrid Alternative for the north/south alignment of the high-speed train and the Downtown Merced and Downtown Fresno Mariposa Street station locations, adopted CEQA findings of fact and a statement of overriding considerations, and adopted a mitigation monitoring and reporting program.