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(e) Conservation, repletion and research activities of the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, the Virginia Institute of ~arine Science, Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and other related conservation agencies; (f) The construction or maintenance of aids to navigation which are authorized by governmental authority; (g) Emergency decrees of any duly appointed health officer of a governmental subdivision acting to protect the public health; (h) The normal maintenance, repair or addition to presently existing roads, highways, railroad beds, or the facilities of any person, firm, corporation, utility, federal, state, county, city or town abutting on or crossing wetlands, provided that no waterway is altered and no additional wetlands are covered; (i) Governmental activity on wetlands owned or leased by the Commonwealth of Virginia, or a political subdivision thereof; (j) The normal maintenance of man-made drainage ditches, provided that no additional wetlands are covered; and provided further, that this paragraph shall not be deemed to authorize construction of any drainage ditch. Section 40-303. Wetlands Board, creation, appointment and terms. There is hereby created the Portsmouth Wetlands Board, which shall consist of seven (7) residents of the City, who shall be appointed by the C~ty Council. Their term of office s~all be for five (5) years~kCept~that original appointments shall be made for such terms that the term of one member shall expire each year. The Chairman of the Board shall notify the City Council at least thirty (30) days in advance of the expiration of any term of office and shall also notify the City Council if any vacancy occurs. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired portion of the term. Members may serve successive terms. Members of the Board shall hold no other public office in the City except that they may be members of the Planning Commission, Directors of Soil and Water Conservation Boards, or local Erosion Commission or the Board of Zoning Appeals. A member whose term expires shall continue to serve until his successor is appointed and qualified. When such members are appointed, their term of appointment shall be coterminous with their membership on the Planning Commission, Soil and Water Conservation Boards, E~osion Commission or the Board of Zoning Appeals. Any member of the Board may be removed for malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance in office, or for other just cause, by the City