I want to disagree slightly with "The Home Care Club LLC".
The thin web does help provide stability for weak axis buckling of the compression chord, but the major function of the web is to take the shear force. The chords take the tension/compression couple for the bending moment, and the web takes the shear. The real stability of the overall section is provided by plywood being attached to the top chord.
The top is in compression, but cutting through 1"-2" of the top chord (which may just be a 2x) greatly reduces its capacity, because at the section of the cut, it is missing a large % of its section.
While the plywood may, in fact, have been glued to the TJI, I have never come accross another engineer who counts on the plywood for "composite" action.
I would contact the manufacturer and get some typical details from them for this situation. I'm sure it's not the first time they've encountered this.
What is the size of the top chord? How deep are the TJI?
Structural Engineer