Agendas are written for staff and lawyers. A resident who wants to know whether an item affects their block usually has to read an ordinance number, a staff memo and an attachment before they can tell.
This example petition asks the clerk’s office to publish, for every action item: a one-paragraph plain-language summary, the fiscal impact, the neighborhoods affected, and the deadline to sign up for public comment. Several cities already do a version of this, and the work is small compared to the amount of public confusion it prevents.
If you adapt this for your own city, check first whether your state’s open meetings law already sets an agenda-posting standard you can build on.